Konferenzbeitrag
The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Values and Human Interactions 90 Years after the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: History Matters ; No. D3-V3
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Wirtschaft
Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
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Institutions
social capital
trust
corruption
Habsburg Empire
regression discontinuity
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Becker, Sascha O.
Boeckh, Katrin
Hainz, Christa
Woessmann, Ludger
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Veröffentlichung
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Verein für Socialpolitik
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Frankfurt a. M.
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2010
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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- Konferenzbeitrag
Associated
- Becker, Sascha O.
- Boeckh, Katrin
- Hainz, Christa
- Woessmann, Ludger
- Verein für Socialpolitik
Time of origin
- 2010
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