Does Culture Matter?

Raquel Fernández ()
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Raquel Fernández: New York University

No 5122, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share a common institutional and economic environment. This allows one to separate the effect of culture from the original economic and institutional environment. This approach has been used to study a variety of issues, including female labor force participation, fertility, labor market regulation, redistribution, growth, and financial development among others.

Keywords: culture; beliefs; preferences; norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D01 D1 O10 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2010-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-dev, nep-evo, nep-mig, nep-pke, nep-pol and nep-soc
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