Does lower power distance culture contribute to lower long-term unemployment?

• Autorzy: Monika Bazyl
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper we use European Social Survey (2012) microdata from 23 countries to assess the relationship between culture a person is facing at work and the probability of experiencing longterm unemployment by this person. The cultural factors that are tested are: the degree of freedom at work and influence on managerial decisions, which are treated as an indication of the level of power distance. The hypothesis is that low power distance culture encourages employees to gain more hard and soft skills as more responsibility is delegated to them. In our research we follow the concept that cultural factors are among root causes of economic outcomes. The low power distance approach to a subordinate resembles methods applied by personalized Active Labour Market Policies. Both approaches intend to make people aware of their responsibility for their economic outcomes and their power to improve these outcomes. The logit model proved a statistical significance of a relationship between cultural variables and probability of being long-term unemployed even after controlling for age, education, type of work, country and other control variables. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Culture; Long-term unemployment; Responsibility; Logit model

PL

Kultura; Bezrobocie długotrwałe; Odpowiedzialność; Model logitowy

• Czasopismo: Department of Applied Econometrics Working Papers
• Rocznik: 2014
• Numer: nr 2
• Strony: 18

Twórcy

autor

Monika Bazyl

• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland

Bibliografia

• Buendia, L, Palazuelos, E. (2013). Economic growth and welfare state: a case study of Sweden, "Cambridge Journal of Economics", 2013, 1-17.
• Burrage, M. (1969) Culture and British Economic Growth, The British Journal of Sociology, Vol. 20, No.2 (Jun., 1969), pp. 117-133.
• Dean, A. (2013). Tackling Long-Term Unemployment Amongst Vulnerable Groups, OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Working Papers, 2013/11, OECD Publishing.
• Eugster, B., Lalive R., Steinhauer A. and Zweimuller J. (2011) The Demand For Social Insurance: Does Culture Matter? "Economic Journal", 121 (November), F413-F448.
• Franke, R. H., Hofstede, G., Bond, M. (1991). Cultural roots of economic performance, "Strategic Management Journal", Vol. 12, 165-173.
• Grosso, J.-L., & Smith, T. L. (2012). Poverty and Unemployment: A Cultural Approach, Thunderbird "International Business Review", Vol. 54, No. 1.
• Guiso, L., Sapienza, P., Zingales, L. (2006). Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes? "Journal of Economic Perspectives", Vol. 20, No. 2 (Spring, 2006), pp. 23-48.
• Hemphill, T.A., Lillevik, W., Cullari, F. (2012). The Long-term Unemployed: A New Protected Class of Employee? "Business and Society Review" 117:4 535-553.
• Heslin, P.A., Bell, M.P., Fletcher, P.O. (2012). The devil without and within: A conceptual model of social cognitive processes whereby discrimination leads stigmatized minorities to become discouraged workers, "Journal of Organizational Behavior", 33, 840-862 (2012).
• Hofstede, G. (2001). Culture's Consequences, Sage Publications.
• Jensen, R. J. (1989). The Causes and Cures of Unemployment in the Great Depression, "Journal of Interdisciplinary History", Vol. 19, No. 4.
• Kallio, J., Blomber, H., Kroll, Ch. (2012). Social workers' attitudes towards the unemployed in the Nordic countries, "International Journal of Social Welfare", 2013: 22: 219-229.
• Oorschot, W. (2006). Culture and social policy: a developing field of study, "International Journal of Social Welfare", 2007: 16: 129-139.
• Shane, S. A. (1990) Why do some societies invent more than others?, Working Paper Series 8/90, Graduate School of Business and Government Management, Victoria University of Wellington, September 1990.
• Tang, L., Koveos, P. (2008). A Framework to Update Hofstede's Cultural Value Indices: Economic Dynamics and Institutional Stability, "Journal of International Business Studies", Vol. 39, No.6, pp.1045-1063, Sept., 2008.
• Welshman, J. (2006). The concept of the unemployable, "Economic History Review", LIX, 3 (2006), pp. 578-606.
• Wooldridge, J.M. (2003) Introductory econometrics. A modern approach, South-Western College Publ.