The economics of cultural transmission and socialization
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This paper presents a survey of the theoretical and empirical literature on cultural transmission and socialization. It has been prepared for the Handbook of Social Economics, edited by Jess Benhabib, Alberto Bisin, and Matt Jackson, to be published by Elsevier Science in 2010. We have collaborated on the study of cultural transmission for more than a decade, while socializing our own children. Many have helped and encouraged us over the years, many more than we can thank here. We owe special thanks however to D. Acemoglu, A. Alesina, G.S. Becker, J. Benhabib, L.L. Cavalli Sforza, P.A. Chiappori, E. Glaeser, E. Ok, A. Postlewaite, J.A. Scheinkman and to our co-authors on this topic, J. Olivier, E. Patacchini, M. Thoenig, G. Topa, Y. Zenou.
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