The role of family memory in times of system transformation

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Researchers have concluded that family is the most widely accepted social frame of reference in Poland while the nation occupies second place. The manner in which the members of the family remember their past is analyzed by two ways of interpreting family memory, that is object-oriented (focused on material memorabilia of the past and subject-oriented (focused on the orientations and attitudes of family members towards its past) and secondly, by those elements of memory that pertain to the local and regional community as well as national setting.

Poland, Public affairs, Analysis, Collectibles

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Self-employed and intergenerational transfers: liquidity constraints and family environment

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This article examines longitudinal data on family background, education, and intergenerational transfers of financial assets to investigate determinants of entrepreneurship. Findings indicate that family environment plays a key role in fostering entrepreneurship and relaxing liquidity constraints by providing asset transfers, access to credit, and human capital.

France, Social economics, Socioeconomics, Entrepreneurship, Human capital

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Ethnicity, education, and other determinants of self-employment in Israel

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This study uses census data to examine social and economic factors that contribute to self-employment in Israel. Findings indicate that individuals who have a self-employed father, an intermediate education level, and come from wealthier families are more likely to be self-employed in Israel.

Israel, Usage, Education, Census, Censuses

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