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There is an extensive literature that discusses the different causes of inequality, as well as its negative consequences. However, few articles have deepened in the impact that culture has on inequality. The purpose of this paper is to explore this relationship. Using the Hofstede and Schwartz culture indexes, which are crystallized in the individualism-collectivism dichotomy, and the GINI index, extracted from the WIDID (World Income Inequality Database), we find that societies with individualistic values tend to have a less degree of inequality, while collective societies, inequality tends to increase. The previous relationship implies correlation and not causality and, in order to control this problem, the pathogen instrumental variable is used. After using the instrument and control variables, the results show that individualism – collectivism loses signification, which means that the relationship could be channelled by other variables
Pocs treballs acadèmics han aprofundit en l’impacte que té la cultura sobre la desigualtat. El present treball té per objectiu explorar aquesta relació. Utilitzant els índexs de cultura de Hofstede i Schwartz, que es cristal·litzen en la dicotomia individualisme –col·lectivisme, i l’índex de GINI, extret del WIID (World Income Inequality Database), es troba que les societats amb valors individualistes tendeixen a tenir un menor grau de desigualtat, mentre que en les societats col·lectivistes la desigualtat tendeix a incrementar. La relació anterior implica correlació i no causalitat i, per tal de controlar aquest problema, s’utilitza la variable instrumental patògens. Després d’emprar l’instrument i totes les variables de control, l’individualisme – col·lectivisme perd significació, el que implica que pot no tenir una relació directa amb la desigualtat i que aquesta es trobi canalitzada a través de les diferents variables de control
Collectivism, Schwartz, Col·lectivisme, Cultura, Inequality, Desigualtat, Culture, Individualisme, Individualism, Hofstede
Collectivism, Schwartz, Col·lectivisme, Cultura, Inequality, Desigualtat, Culture, Individualisme, Individualism, Hofstede
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