Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/35488 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 4283
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper studies the role of culture in shaping unemployment outcomes. The empirical analysis is based on local comparisons across a language barrier in Switzerland. This Röstigraben separates cultural groups, but neither labor markets nor political jurisdictions. Local contrasts across the language border identify the role of culture for unemployment. Our findings indicate that differences in culture explain differences in unemployment duration on the order of 20%. Moreover, we find that horizontal transmission of culture is more important than vertical transmission of culture and that culture is about as important as strong changes to the benefit duration.
Subjects: 
Culture
cultural transmission
unemployment duration
regional unemployment
JEL: 
J21
J64
Z10
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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