In this article we survey recent advances in the economic theory of cultural transmission. We
highlight three main themes on which the literature has made great progress in the last 10 …

This paper studies the evolution of trust and trustworthiness by modeling the
intergenerational transmission of guilt aversion. The results depend both on features of …

This paper examines the interplay between social networks, firm hiring policies, and the
transmission of work ethics across generations. Specifically, we analyze how firms' …