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Hiring discrimination based on national origin and religious closeness : results from a field experiment in the Paris area

Pierné, Guillaume - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-15

suburbs. We find evidences of significant hiring discrimination against applicants of North African origin, regardless of … their religious closenesses and against applicants signaling closeness to the Muslim religion, regardless of their national …

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Fractionalization and trust in India: A field-experiment

Chuah, Swee-Hoon; Fahoum, Reema; Hoffmann, Robert - In: Economics Letters 119 (2013) 2, pp. 191-194

-ethnic trust game field experiment confirms intergroup bias in mutually lower offers between urban Muslims and Hindus in Mumbai …. There are no differences in trustworthiness based on the religion of responders or of the co-players they respond to. Hindus …

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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...

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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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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...

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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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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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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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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....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788962

Which social categories matter to people : an experiment

Adnan, Wifag; Arin, Kerim Peren; Charness, Gary; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 193 (2022), pp. 125-145

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