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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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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 –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084585
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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
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123614
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Motivating Knowledge Agents: Can Incentive Pay Overcome Social Distance?
Berg, Erlend; Ghatak, Maitreesh; Manjula, R; Rajasekhar, D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
dealing with one social group relative to another. In a randomised field experiment undertaken across 151 villages in South …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213308
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262883
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Of Religion and Redemption: Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans
Baele, Lieven; Farooq, Moazzam; Ongena, Steven - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
cities if the share of votes to religious-political parties increases, suggesting that religion--either through individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209832
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Belief in a Just World and Redistributive Politics
Bénabou, Roland; Tirole, Jean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
concerning ‘money’ (consumption) and happiness, as well as religion. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504312