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- Title
The volatility of survey measures of culture and its consequences.
- Authors
Zanella, Giulio; Bellani, Marina M.
- Abstract
Measures of cultural attitudes derived from the World Values Survey are often used in economics to investigate the relation between individual culture and aggregate output. We show (i) that these measures are constructed from underlying variables that exhibit within‐country volatility and time trends; and (ii) that such lack of persistence implies fragile correlations between cultural measures and output. These points are illustrated by revisiting prominent studies in this literature.
- Subjects
SOCIAL attitudes; CULTURE
- Publication
Economic Inquiry, 2024, Vol 62, Issue 2, p675
- ISSN
0095-2583
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ecin.13202