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ECONOMIC JOURNAL
卷 132, 期 648, 页码 2767-2814出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac029
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This study contrasts the entrepreneurial activity of individuals from different cultural backgrounds by comparing the ancestral locations of individuals on the opposite sides of language borders in Switzerland. The results show that individuals with German-speaking ancestry create more firms than those with French-speaking ancestry, and these differences persist over generations.
Can culture explain persistent differences in economic activity among individuals and across regions? A novel measure of cultural origin enables us to contrast entrepreneurial activity of individuals located in the same municipality, but whose ancestors lived just on opposite sides of the Swiss language border in the eighteenth century. Individuals with ancestry from the German-speaking side create 20% more firms than those with ancestry from the French-speaking side. These differences persist over generations and independent of the predominant culture at the current location. Yet, founder's ancestry does not affect exit or growth of newly founded firms, suggesting that preferences are pivotal.
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