Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP7965
Authors: Raquel Fernández
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: Beliefs; Culture; Norms; Preferences
JEL Codes: D01; D1; O10; Z1
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| cultural beliefs (Z18) | female labor force participation (LFP) rates (J21) |
| mother's cultural beliefs (J13) | daughter's labor market participation (J49) |
| cultural proxy of labor force participation in a woman's country of ancestry (J21) | her work outcomes in the host country (F22) |
| economic and institutional factors + cultural beliefs (Z12) | economic outcomes (F61) |