The effects of societal culture attributes on regional disparity

Miki Malul, Amir Shoham, Leon Zolotoy

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Abstract

Purpose: The main goal of this paper is to analyze the effects of societal culture attributes on regional disparity. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses cross-country data to identify the variables that determine the regional disparity and the gap between the richest and poorest regions in the economy. Findings: The most interesting result of this study is that there exists a significant role played by societal cultural differences in the explanation of the regional disparity and the gap between rich and poor regions. Originality/value: As far as we know, this paper makes the first attempt to explain inter-regional disparity according to culture attributes. We estimate that cultural variables add about 5 percent to the explanation of the variation of the indices of inequality between regions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)649-661
Number of pages13
JournalInternational Journal of Social Economics
Volume38
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jun 2011

Keywords

  • Culture (sociology)
  • Economic disequilibrium
  • Globe score
  • Regional disparity
  • Socio-economic regions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Social Sciences

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