Culture and Institutions

No 9246, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical, and historical bent to assess the presence of a two-way causal effect between culture and institutions.

Keywords: institutions; culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P16 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 68 pages
Date: 2015-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cul, nep-evo, nep-gro, nep-hpe and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2015, 53 (4). 898-944

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