This paper discusses some recent advances in the area of culture and economics and examines the effect of culture on a key economic outcome: female labor supply. To separate the effect of market variables and institutions from culture, I use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women. I use both female labor force participation (LFP) and attitudes in the women’s coun...

Does Culture Matter? This paper reviews the literature on culture and economics, focusing primarily on the epidemiological approach. The epidemiological approach studies the variation in outcomes across different immigrant groups residing in the same country. Immigrants presumably differ in their cultures but share a common institutional and economic environment. This allows one to separate the...

Undoubtly, land degradation causes apparent decrease of natural resources potential which are highly linked to desertification. Different countries and also international organization have realized a great number of projects to combat desertification. Unfortunately these projects have not reach to their goals. The experiences shows that the reason of these unsuccessful works is lack of consider...

Program(s) of Interest Accounting [1] Animal & Biosciences [2] Applied Nutrition [3] Art History & Visual Culture [4] Bioinformatics [5] Biomedical Sciences [6] Biophysics [7] Biotechnology [8] Business Administration [9] Capacity Development & Extension [10] Chemistry [11] Clinical Studies [12] Computational Science [13] Computer Science [13] Creative Writing [14] Criminology & Criminal Justic...

Program(s) of Interest Animal & Poultry Science [1] Applied Nutrition [2] Art History & Visual Culture [3] Bioinformatics [4] Biomedical Sciences [5] Biophysics [6] Biotechnology [7] Business Administration [8] Capacity Development & Extension [9] Chemistry [10] Clinical Studies [11] Computational Science [12] Computer Science [12] Creative Writing [13] Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy [14...

Program(s) of Interest Animal & Poultry Science [1] Applied Nutrition [2] Art History & Visual Culture [3] Bioinformatics [4] Biomedical Sciences [5] Biophysics [6] Biotechnology [7] Business Administration [8] Capacity Development & Extension [9] Chemistry [10] Clinical Studies [11] Computational Science [12] Computer Science [12] Creative Writing [13] Criminology & Criminal Justice Policy [14...

Program(s) of Interest Accounting [1] Animal & Biosciences [2] Applied Nutrition [3] Art History & Visual Culture [4] Bioinformatics [5] Biomedical Sciences [6] Biophysics [7] Biotechnology [8] Business Administration [9] Capacity Development & Extension [10] Chemistry [11] Clinical Studies [12] Computational Science [13] Computer Science [13] Creative Writing [14] Criminology & Criminal Justic...