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Culture and labour / guest editors, Annie Tubadji, Joachim Moeller and Peter Nijkamp.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International Journal of Manpower: Volume 35, Issue 1/2
- International Journal of Manpower : An interdisciplinary journal on human resources, management & labour economics, 0143-7720 ; Volume 35, Number 1/2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture--Economic aspects.
- Culture.
- Labor market--Research.
- Labor market.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- [Bradford, England] : Emerald, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The study of culture in economics is complex due to two main constraints: the lack of a standard definition of what culture is, and the lack of clarity on how exactly it should be measured. Moreover, the research approach to culture suffers from its own contradictions that can be clarified if we group the approaches according to four main dimensions, which differ according to their interpretation of culture as a subject or an object of research, on the one hand, and which depend on the level of research perspective: macro- or micro- cultural economic approach, on the other.This IJM Special Iss
- Contents:
- Cover; Editorial advisory board; Introduction to cultural research approaches: applications to culture and labour analysis; Altruism to strangers for our own sake: domestic effects from immigration; Smart endogenous growth: cultural capital and the creative use of skills ; Was Weber right? The cultural capital root of socio-economic growth examined in five European countries; Development elasticity of religious assets: a Turkish experience; A study on undocumented migrant workers in the Dutch household sector; The social status of migrants in Turkey
- Culture at work: how culture affects workplace behaviorsWillingness to work and religious beliefs in Europe; Effects of cultural diversity on individual establishments; The influence of role models on immigrant self-employment: a spatial analysis for Switzerland
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ebrary, viewed September 13, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-78441-160-4
- OCLC:
- 885122478
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