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Agrarian Origins of Individualism and Collectivism / Martin Fiszbein, Yeonha Jung, Dietrich Vollrath.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fiszbein, Martin.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w29643.
- NBER working paper series no. w29643
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2022.
- Summary:
- This study examines the influence of agricultural labor intensity on individualism across U.S. counties. To measure historical labor intensity in agriculture, we combine data on crop-specific labor requirements and county-specific crop mix around 1900. Potential endogeneity of agricultural labor intensity is addressed using climate-induced variation in crop mix. Our estimates indicate that a one standard deviation increase in labor intensity is associated with a reduction of 0.2-0.3 standard deviations in individualism (as captured by the share of children with infrequent names). We further document significant changes in individualism over time using within-county changes in labor intensity due to mechanization and the boll weevil. We also show that historical agricultural labor intensity continues to influence geographic variation in individualism today.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- January 2022.
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