Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
| Date of Ph.D. defense: | September 24, 2003 |
| Title of thesis: | Culture and Economic Development in Europe PDF |
| ISBN: | 90 5668 121 4 |
| Promotors: | Prof.dr. Ton van Schaik and Prof.dr. Niels Noorderhaven |
Abstract:
The dissertation consists of a collection of papers on the relationship
between culture and economic development in mainly western European regions.
Data sources like the EVS make it possible to measure culture. This allows
the author to operationalise concepts like social capital and empirically
explore the relation between (types of) social capital and economic growth.
In addition, he investigates the antecedents of cultural differences in
European regions.
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