Author： Gorodnichenko Yuriy Roland Gerard
Publisher： American Economic Association
ISSN： 0002-8282
Source： The American Economic Review, Vol.101, Iss.3, 2011-05, pp. : 492-498
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Abstract
We present empirical evidence that, among a variety of cultural dimensions, the individualismcollectivism dimension, based on Hofstede's (2001) data, is the most important and robustly significant effect of culture on long run growth. Other dimensions that have a significant effect, albeit less robust, are generally strongly correlated with individualism and convey similar information. We found no significant or robust effect on growth from cultural dimensions that are independent from the individualismcollectivism cleavage.
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