burden by about EUR 4 billion per year, while poor households’ income rises only by EUR 1.1 billion per year. With pure wage … subsidies, the government can ensure more favorable employment and income effects. Combining a minimum wage with a wage subsidy …

While standard political economy theories suggest a moderating effect of democratization on income inequality … income groups, hence democratization may have only a negligible effect on inequality. On the other hand, in societies where … proxied by a country’s dominant religion – seems to be related to inequality. But in addition, in Judeo-Christian societies …

investment value from religious giving, individuals should allocate a greater share of their income to religious contributions as …

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 … income on religiousness. Households that earn more go to church more often. Households that earn more are also more likely to …

The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of … income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a … marked decline in church attendance coinciding with increasing income. The cross-section also shows a negative association …