TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fernández, Raquel
        TI  - Does Culture Matter?
        PY  - 2010/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5122
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5122
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - culture
KW  - beliefs
KW  - preferences
KW  - norms
        ER  -