Economic growth and individualism: The role of informal institutions

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2013
Volume: 118
Issue: 2
Pages: 378-380

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

This paper shows that the degree of ancestral individualism is positively related to annual earnings across second-generation US immigrants. This provides evidence in favor of Gorodnichenko and Roland’s (2011b) hypothesis that the individualistic dimension of culture is important for long-term economic growth.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:118:y:2013:i:2:p:378-380
Journal Field
General
Author Count
1
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2026-01-25