Language, culture and institutions: Evidence from a new linguistic dataset

We construct a new dataset with linguistic variables linked to key dimensions of cultural variation, including individualism and egalitarianism. * Relative to Kashima and Kashima (1998), the new dataset significantly expands coverage and includes more refined and reliable linguistic data. * We show that the linguistic variables predict key measures of individualism and egalitarianism. * We revisit key regressions from the literature on culture and institutions to show that these results are robust to the use of the new linguistic variables. Kashima and Kashima's (1998) linguistic dataset has p... Mehr ...