Regional Cultural Differences Within European Countries: Evidence from Multi-Country Surveys

Kaasa, Anneli; Vadi, Maaja; Varblane, Urmas

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“…Here, the notion of culture is based on the sociological approach. Based on the common elements of various definitions, culture can be defined as a set of shared values, beliefs and behaviours of a group of people, in this case of a country or region (Kaasa et al, 2014). One reason why culture has often been left aside in the research can lie in the complexity of this phenomenon and difficulties in measuring culture (Forson et al, 2013).…”

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Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

Kaasa

2016

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This study investigates how a region's labour productivity could be influenced by cultural dimensions and religion -factors that have not received much attention in the previous literature. As another novelty, regional-level data (78 regions of 22 European countries) were analysed. Correlation and regression analysis was performed. The results showed individualism to be positively and masculinity and power distance to be negatively related to labour productivity. When cultural dimensions were included, both general religiosity and the achievement motivation indicator capturing the values of a strong work ethic turned out to be insignificant. JEL Classifications: J24, O40, R11

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Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

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2016

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“…Sixth, to maintain the consistency, we made all analyses at the national level. However, research suggests that there is within‐country cultural variability (e.g., Kaasa, Vadi, & Varblane, ; Taras, Steel, & Kirkman, ). Culture also does not necessarily manifest as a general tendency among individuals within a country and may encompass more complex dynamics between individuals and the wider society (Morris, Chiu, & Liu, ).…”

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Are men better negotiators everywhere? A meta‐analysis of how gender differences in negotiation performance vary across cultures

2019

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Summary Prior research has found that each culture and gender influences negotiation strategies and outcomes, but less is known about their interplay. We integrate these two research streams by providing a meta‐analytic review of the interactive impact of gender and culture on negotiation performance. We reviewed 185 studies that reported gender differences in intracultural negotiation performance across 30 societies that varied across seven cultural dimensions. Results showed that Hofstede's individualism–collectivism, GLOBE's in‐group collectivism and assertiveness practices, and Schwartz's harmony moderated the gender effect on negotiation performance. We found that in cultures lower in individualism, higher in in‐group collectivism practices, lower in assertiveness practices, and higher in harmony, women more likely outperformed men in negotiations. Implications for the role of gender and culture in negotiations and organizations more broadly are discussed.

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“…More closely linked to our endeavour are a limited number of studies which analyse European regions and focus on cultural indicators such as social capital, trust, and obedience, among others (see, e.g., Akçomak & ter Weel, 2009;Beugelsdijk, de Groot, & von Schaik, 2004;Forte, Peiró-Palomino, & Tortosa-Ausina, 2015;Kaasa, Vadi, & Varblane, 2014;Schneider, Plümper, & Baumann, 2000;Tabellini, 2010). 4 These studies tend to find weaker effects of culture on economic growth than what was found by the cross-country literature.…”

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“…The two surveys report individual answers to a set of questions in more than 80 countries and within six time waves (starting 1981 and ending 2014). Regarding the choice of questions, we follow Roland (2011, 2017), Tabellini (2010), Kaasa et al (2014), andHarper (2004).…”

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“…Nevertheless, both variables are linked to Hofstede's cultural dimensions of individualism and collectivism through the distance to the ruling power (independent cultures are characterized by low power distance/individualism, whereas obedient cultures reflect high power distance/collectivism). Both individualism and collectivism have been shown to be highly relevant in the growth literature (see, e.g., Alesina & Giuliano, 2015;Ball, 2001;Guiso et al, 2006;Kaasa et al, 2014;Kyriacou, 2016). We explore whether independence and obedience yield similar results and extend the analysis to the regional level.…”

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The influence of the cultural values independence and obedience on regional incomes: Econometric evidence

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2019

Papers in Regional Science

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Employing sub‐national panel data for 1,204 regions from 1980 to 2010, we show that regional appreciation of the cultural value Independence has a positive and statistically significant association with regional per capita income, whereas the value Obedience exerts a negative effect. Our data allow us to exploit within country‐year variation by including country‐time fixed effects to mitigate issues of omitted variable bias which are usually present when analysing cross‐national data. A large array of robustness tests supports an effect of cultural values on regional per capita income. Interacting regional culture with national institutions reveals that stronger national institutions moderate the impact of the regional cultural values.

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Regional Cultural Differences Within European Countries: Evidence from Multi-Country Surveys

Cited by 91 publications

References 34 publications

Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

Culture, religion and productivity: Evidence from European regions

Are men better negotiators everywhere? A meta‐analysis of how gender differences in negotiation performance vary across cultures

The influence of the cultural values independence and obedience on regional incomes: Econometric evidence

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