Human capital, cultural values and economic performance in European regions

Weckroth, Mikko; Kemppainen, Teemu

doi:10.1080/21681376.2016.1177467

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“…Evaluating the relationship between urbanity, life satisfaction and economic development in a regional context 211 and theoretical assumptions concerning the link between urban context and well-being. Two possible explanations for the negative effect on well-being can be developed from either a small interdisciplinary cluster of geographical psychology studies or from research on the geography of human values (Jokela, 2015;Morrison & Weckroth, 2018;Oishi, 2015;Rentfrow et al, 2015;Weckroth & Kemppainen, 2016). The psychological approach operates with personality types (e.g., extraversion and neuroticism), and, related to this perspective, Jokela (2015) have demonstrated that personality traits correlate differently with life satisfaction in different postal districts of the London metropolitan area.…”

Section: Measuring Urbanity: Literature Review Epistemic Modality Andmentioning

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(Un)Happiness, where are you? Evaluating the relationship between urbanity, life satisfaction and economic development in a regional context

Weckroth

Kemppainen

2021

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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Prior literature suggests that, among the so-called 'developed economies', residing in urban contexts is associated with lower life satisfaction. Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS) and Eurostat, we contribute to this literature by focusing on three different indicators of urbanity (subjective domicile, population density and living in a dominant urban region) in a multilevel modelling context in order to define where exactly the relatively lower life satisfaction can be found. Moreover, we account for the level of economic development at both regional and national levels. The results show that subjective domicile is strongly associated with life satisfaction, whereas regional gross domestic product (GDP) and other urbanity indicators are insignificant. Our results also highlight the relatively higher life satisfaction in rural surroundings in more developed countries. We conclude by noting that future contributions to the literature on urban-rural life satisfaction differences should utilize panel data, making it possible to address the spatial sorting versus contextual effects debate, and focus on investigating the higher level determinants at the country level that define the existence of urban-rural differences in life satisfaction within a country.

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Section: Measuring Urbanity: Literature Review Epistemic Modality Andmentioning

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(Un)Happiness, where are you? Evaluating the relationship between urbanity, life satisfaction and economic development in a regional context

Weckroth

Kemppainen

2021

Regional Studies, Regional Science

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“…So are more accurate depictions of culture (e.g., Tabellini, 2010) or family structures (e.g., Duranton et al, 2009; Todd, 1990). Progress can be achieved now by combining and aggregating at the subnational level individual micro‐data stemming from social and value surveys, such as the different waves of the European Social Survey (ESS), and linking the resulting variables to regional and, wherever possible, urban economic performance (e.g., Działek, 2014; Kaasa, 2016; Peiró‐Palomino & Tortosa‐Ausina, 2015; Weckroth & Kemppainen, 2016). This would require, at a later stage, combining the formal and informal institutional variables, as a way to determine how the co‐existence and co‐evolution of different forms of formal and informal institutions in diverse subnational spaces contribute to affect subnational economic outcomes.…”

Section: Formal and Informal Institutions And Economic Developmentmentioning

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Institutions and the fortunes of territories

Rodríguez‐Pose

2020

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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Regions and cities face unceasing pressures to adapt in response to processes of globalization, changes in industrial production, and new patterns of migration and trade. At the same time, the dominant development policies are proving less than capable of providing answers to these challenges. Strategies based on a mix of physical and human capital and technology have not succeeded in dealing with growing territorial inequality and its treacherous economic, social and political consequences. There is thus an urgent need to understand why territorial divergence occurs and why there is what seems to be a growing decline in the returns of public intervention targeting economic development. In the search for answers, scholars have turned to the examination of institutions. But despite progress in our grasp of how institutions affect development, crucial knowledge gaps remain. This paper reviews recent progress in our understanding of the role of institutions for development, unveils the most important gaps, and proposes a series of avenues to improve how a better understanding of how institutions shape regional and urban development can lead to more efficient development policies.

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“…Schwartz's model of 10 values is described as a comprehensive, cross‐culturally stable model that can predict series of external constructs (González‐Rodríguez et al, 2016; Gross & Dewaele, 2017), which has been validated across 80 countries and cultures and therefore is well‐established (Gratani, Sutton, Butler, Bohensky, & Foale, 2016). When compared to other value measures, Schwartz's Human Value scale has the advantage of focusing on universal values that are recognized throughout all major cultures, which makes the value scale suitable for cross‐national and cultural analysis (Schwartz, 1992; Weckroth & Kemppainen, 2016). Schwartz values theory is currently one of the most appreciated and widely used methods for studying individual differences in values by social and cross‐cultural researchers (Brunsø, Scholderer, & Grunert, 2004; Choi et al, 2016; Doran, 2009; Hede, Jago, & Deery, 2005).…”

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Linking human values to consumer CSR perception: The moderating role of consumer skepticism

Ramasamy

Singh

Amran

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This paper examines the effect of human values on consumer CSR perception towards cosmetic companies. Since consumer skepticism is on the rise, its moderating effects are also investigated in this paper. Questionnaires were collected from 479 consumers of seven cosmetic companies which were subsequently analyzed via structural equation modelling. Findings revealed that human values such as self‐enhancement and openness to change have a significant influence on consumer CSR perception. Consumer skepticism was also found to moderate the relationship between human values of openness to change, self‐transcendence and conservation towards consumer CSR perception. The results allow decision‐makers to better understand the influence of consumers' value system on their CSR perception while elucidating the boundary conditions played by consumer skepticism, amplifying the need for organizations to engage in authentic and sincere CSR practices. This study tested the boundaries of the Schwartz Human Values Theory which has been expanded to measure consumer CSR perception.

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Human capital, cultural values and economic performance in European regions

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

(Un)Happiness, where are you? Evaluating the relationship between urbanity, life satisfaction and economic development in a regional context

(Un)Happiness, where are you? Evaluating the relationship between urbanity, life satisfaction and economic development in a regional context

Institutions and the fortunes of territories

Linking human values to consumer CSR perception: The moderating role of consumer skepticism

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