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Culturally based beliefs and labor market institutions

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  • D'Orlando, Fabio
  • Ferrante, Francesco
  • Ruiu, Gabriele

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This paper has two main goals. The first is to provide empirical evidence that differences in labor market institutions across countries and, specifically, in how they provide protection to workers, can be attributed to underlying differences in culturally based prior beliefs: in particular, people's fatalism and trust in others. The second goal is to single out the socio-economic determinants of these beliefs and the role of education in this regard.

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  • D'Orlando, Fabio & Ferrante, Francesco & Ruiu, Gabriele, 2011. "Culturally based beliefs and labor market institutions," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 40(2), pages 150-162, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:soceco:v:40:y:2011:i:2:p:150-162
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    Keywords

    Culture Fatalism Trust in others Labor market institutions Employment protection legislation;

    JEL classification:

    • D7 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • E6 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs

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