Capturing Culture: A New Method to Estimate Exogenous Cultural Effects Using Migrant Populations

American Sociological Review

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 166-191

  Polavieja, Javier G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

causality; culture; endogenous preferences; Europe; female labor force participation; imputation; instrumental variables; methods; migration; traditionalism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; CULTURAL TRADITION; IMMIGRANT; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; METHODOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84922287099     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414562600     Document Type: Article

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