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| Title: | | Cultural formation of preferences and assimilation of cultural groups  |
| Authors: | | Pichler, Michael M. |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Working papers // Institute of Mathematical Economics 438 |
| Abstract: | | Based on the cultural formation of continuous preferences framework of Pichler [16], this paper analyzes the evolution of preferences and behavior in a two cultural groups setting. We show that the qualitative dynamic properties depend crucially on what parents perceive as the optimal preferences for their children to adopt. Under inter- generationally fixed optimal preferences, the preferences of the cultural groups will always stay distinct. If the optimal preferences coincide with those derived from the representative group behavior, then a multitude of convergence path types can realize. These contain both an inter-generational assimilation process toward the same preference point, as well as inter-generational dissimilation. |
| Subjects: | | Continuous Preferences Assimilation Cultural Groups Endogenous Preferences Preference Evolution Socialization |
| JEL: | | C72 J13 Z13 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:hbz:361-14290 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Working Papers, Institute of Mathematical Economics, Universität Bielefeld
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