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Family dinner transfers human capital across generations
The Italian tradition of sitting down together at lunch and dinner is an undervalued mechanism for socializing and transferring human capital from older to younger generations, something lacking in the US where many people do not eat together, that America could learn from Italy.
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Luigi ZingalesEvidence Quote
“you transfer human capital from the older generation to the younger generation. I think that this is one thing that is lacking in the United States that they can learn from Italy.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:24:55 AM
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