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Democracy and Countries with Muslim Majorities: A Reply and Update

Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2012

democratic. Hanusch takes issue with my results – and by inference with all past empirical results on the relation between Islam …. He establishes his conclusion by excluding the heartland of Islam from the estimation sample. For his estimates, Hanusch … in the heartland of Islam. …

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The Female Vote and the Rise of AKP in Turkey

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - CESifo - 2015

Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...

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Suicide Attacks and Religious Cleavages

Filote, Andra; Potrafke, Niklas; Ursprung, Heinrich - CESifo - 2015

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...

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Voodoo versus Fishing Committees: The Role of Traditional and Contemporary Institutions in Fisheries Management

Alonso, Elena Briones; Houssa, Romain; Verpoorten, Marijke - CESifo - 2015

institution embedded in the Voodoo religion and a recent secular institution in the form of fishing committees. Using household …

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Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide

Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2011

We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man’s impact on God’s grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional...

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Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel. Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War

Praag, Bernard M.S. Van; Romanov, Dmitri; … - CESifo - 2010

the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and Christianity, where we are able to differentiate between individuals who …

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The Effect of Income on Religiousness

Buser, Thomas - CESifo - 2014

How does income affect religiousness? Using self-collected survey data, we estimate the effects of income on religious behaviour. As a source of exogenous income variation we use a change in the eligibility criteria for a government cash transfer in Ecuador and apply a regression discontinuity...

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The Power of Religious Organizations in Human Decision Processes: Analyzing Voting Behavior

Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - CESifo - 2013

’s recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …

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Policies against Human Trafficking: The Role of Religion and Political Institutions

Potrafke, Niklas - CESifo - 2013

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using … influence of religion on the overall 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index is driven by protection and prevention policies. As … empirical findings regarding the association between religion, political institutions, and human development. …

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Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties

Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2013

The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of … doubt on causal interpretations of the religion-economy nexus in Prussian secularization. …

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