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ECIN Replication Package for "Understanding cultural persistence and change: a replication of Giuliano and Nunn (2021)"

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Simone Bertoli, Université Clermont Auvergne, CNRS, IRD, CERDI, F-63000, Clermont-Ferrand

Version:  View help for Version V2

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Project Citation: 

Bertoli, Simone . ECIN Replication Package for “Understanding cultural persistence and change: a replication of Giuliano and Nunn (2021).” Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-06-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E202861V2

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Giuliano and Nunn (2021) provide econometric evidence that ancestral climatic variability reduces the current importance of tradition. We conduct a “deep reproduction”, comparing the precise descriptions of the individual-level regressions in their article with the corresponding code. This analysis uncovers several major inconsistencies, also related to the code not included in their replication package. A published corrigendum addresses some inconsistencies we had also communicated to the Editor of REStud, but several remain, relating to a substantial portion of the observations. A realignment of the code with the text reveals a more nuanced relationship between ancestral climatic variability and tradition.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources ANR (ANR-10-LABX-14-01)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms cultural persistence; tradition; cultural persistence; deep reproduction
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F22 International Migration
      N10 Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: General, International, or Comparative
      Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
Manuscript Number:  View help for Manuscript Number ECIN-Nov-2023-0507


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