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Poverty and unemployment: A cultural approach
Jean-Luc Grosso,
Teresa L. Smith,
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Jean-Luc Grosso
Professor, University of South Carolina
McDavid Professor of Business Administration, University of South CarolinaSearch for more papers by this authorTeresa L. Smith
Executive board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education
Search for more papers by this authorJean-Luc Grosso,
Teresa L. Smith,
Corresponding Author
Jean-Luc Grosso
Professor, University of South Carolina
McDavid Professor of Business Administration, University of South CarolinaSearch for more papers by this authorTeresa L. Smith
Executive board of South Carolina Women in Higher Education
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For years, policymakers, business leaders, human resources professionals, and economists have attempted to explain the existence of unemployment. Unemployment inhibits the economic growth of a nation and contributes to the problem of ongoing poverty, which cannot be lessened without that growth. Understanding the causes of unemployment and developing policies and programs to decrease it are vitally important for nations around the world, but one key variable in the study of unemployment has been overlooked. That variable is culture. This article will show that culture can significantly explain cross-national differences in unemployment rates and offers a link to understanding the global problem of poverty that plagues nations today. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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