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Chapter 21. Religion, Culture, and Development
Aldashev, Gani; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 587-631). 2014
role of religion in human societies from a development economics perspective. We start by reviewing the contributions that … directly and through the effect of religion on institutions. Next, we summarize the literature that considers adherence to and … chooses to influence the contents of religion and the intensity of its dogmas. More precisely, we consider situations in which …
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Is the importance of religion in daily life related to social trust? Cross-country and cross-state comparisons
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 3, pp. 459-480
We look at the effect of importance of religion in daily life on social trust, defined as the share of a population …
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Abstract: This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive –...
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Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of Spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … “no religion” made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring Jewish fathers to educate their sons. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history. First, the high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136751
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive – whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224804
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On the Importance of African Traditional Religion for Economic Behavior
Butinda, Lewis Dunia; Lameke, Aimable Amani; Nunn, Nathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Within the field of economics, despite being widespread, African traditional religions tend to be perceived as unimportant and ignored when studying economic decision-making. This study tests whether this presumption is correct. Using daily data on business decisions and performance of beer...
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The influence of religiosity on charitable behavior: A COPPS investigation
Helms, Sara E.; Thornton, Jeremy P. - In: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics … 41 (2012) 4, pp. 373-383
We examine the role of religion in charitable giving and find that the religious preference of both the donor and the …
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
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