Cultural transmission, socialization and the population dynamics of multiple-trait distributions

Alberto Bisin 1 Giorgio Topa 2 Thierry Verdier 3, 4, 5, 6
1 Department of economics
2 Federal Reserve Bank of New York
3 PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
4 PSE - Paris School of Economics
5 CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research
6 University of Southampton
Abstract : This paper studies the population dynamics of multiple preference traits in a model of intergenerational cultural transmission. Parents socialize and transmit their preferences to their children with endogenous intensities. Populations concentrated on a single cultural group are in general not stable. There is a unique stable stationary distribution, and it supports two or more cultural groups, in particular those with greater intolerance with respect to others' traits. The larger the heterogeneity of intolerance levels across cultural groups, the smaller the number of traits that are supported in the stable stationary distribution.
Keywords : Socialization Population dynamics Cultural transmission
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International Journal of Economic Theory, Wiley, 2009, 5 (1), pp.139-154. 〈10.1111/j.1742-7363.2008.00098.x〉
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Alberto Bisin, Giorgio Topa, Thierry Verdier. Cultural transmission, socialization and the population dynamics of multiple-trait distributions. International Journal of Economic Theory, Wiley, 2009, 5 (1), pp.139-154. 〈10.1111/j.1742-7363.2008.00098.x〉. 〈halshs-00754392〉

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