The deep imprint of Roman sandals : evidence of long-lasting effectsof Roman rule on personality, economic performance, and well-beingin Germany

Wyrwich, Michael; Wahl, Fabian; Obschonka, Martin; Fritsch, Michael

The deep imprint of Roman sandals : evidence of long-lasting effectsof Roman rule on personality, economic performance, and well-beingin Germany

dc.contributor.author	Wyrwich, Michael	de
dc.contributor.author	Wahl, Fabian	de
dc.contributor.author	Obschonka, Martin	de
dc.contributor.author	Fritsch, Michael	de
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-08T08:58:55Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-08T08:58:55Z
dc.date.created	2020-04-02
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.description.abstract	We investigate whether the Roman presence in the southern part of Germany nearly 2,000 years ago had a deep imprinting effect with long run consequences on a broad spectrum of measures ranging from present-day personality profiles to a number of socioeconomic outcomes and why. Today’s populations living in the former Roman part of Germany score indeed higher on certain personality traits, have higher life and health satisfaction, longer life expectancy, generate more inventions and behave in a more entrepreneurial way. These findings help explain that regions under Roman rule have higher present-day levels of economic development in terms of GDP per capita. The effects hold when controlling for other potential historical influences. When addressing potential channels of a long term effect of Roman rule the data indicates that the Roman road network plays an important role as a mechanism in the imprinting that is still perceptible today.	en
dc.identifier.swb	1693815818
dc.identifier.uri	https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/6495
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-17436
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2020,05
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	en
dc.rights.license	publ-mit-pod	de
dc.rights.uri	http://opus.uni-hohenheim.de/doku/lic_mit_pod.php
dc.subject	Romans	en
dc.subject	Personality traits	en
dc.subject	Culture	en
dc.subject	Well-being	en
dc.subject	Regional performance	en
dc.subject	Limes	en
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.subject.gnd	Römisches Recht	de
dc.title	The deep imprint of Roman sandals : evidence of long-lasting effectsof Roman rule on personality, economic performance, and well-beingin Germany	de
dc.type.dcmi	Text	de
dc.type.dini	WorkingPaper	de
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	en
local.access	uneingeschränkter Zugriff	de
local.bibliographicCitation.publisherPlace	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.faculty.number	3	de
local.institute.number	520	de
local.opus.number	1743
local.series.issueNumber	2020,05
local.series.title	Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.university	Universität Hohenheim	de
local.university.faculty	Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences	en
local.university.faculty	Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften	de
local.university.institute	Institute for Economics	en
local.university.institute	Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre	de

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