Corruption and the Cultural Evolution of Family Ties

Anastasia Litina () and Dimitrios Varvarigos

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Abstract: We study the relation between conjugal family ties and corruption, as well as the important role of this relation for the cultural transmission of preferences regarding the strength of family ties. We show that the impact of family ties on the level of corruption, which can be either positive or negative, feeds back into the very process through which preferences for family ties are diffused from the older to the younger generations. As a result, the relation between family ties and corruption sets in motion mechanisms that govern the dynamics of cultural transmission. These dynamics determine long-term outcomes in terms of the population’s cultural homogeneity or diversity with regard to their attitudes towards family ties.

Keywords: Corruption; Cultural transmission; Family ties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 D73 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03-01
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