Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/44203 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5122
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
culture
beliefs
preferences
norms
JEL: 
O10
Z1
D01
D1
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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