| Wößmann, Ludger; Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa (2010): The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Values and Human Interactions 90 Years after the Fall of the Habsburg Empire. Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: History Matters D3-V3 |
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Abstract
Do Empires affect human values and behavior long after their demise? In several Eastern European countries, communities on both sides of the long-gone border of the Habsburg Empire have been sharing common formal institutions for 90 years now. We exploit this geographic discontinuity in a regression-discontinuity design with country fixed effects using data of individuals living inside a restricted band around the former border. We find that historical Habsburg affiliation increases current social capital and trust and reduces corruption in several public services. Past formal institutions can leave a legacy through cultural norms even after generations of common statehood.
| Item Type: | Paper (Discussion Paper) |
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| Published in: | Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: History Matters D3-V3 |
| Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Empirical Innovation Economics Economics > Chairs > Seminar for Comparative Economics |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Language: | English |
| ID Code: | 19688 |
| Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:53 |
| Last Modified: | 29. Apr 2016 09:17 |
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