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Globalization and the Rise of Mega-Cities in the Developing World
Poelhekke, Steven; Ploeg, Frederick Van der - CESifo - 2008
Thomas Friedman has argued in The World is Flat that those who deny rapid globalization will not survive in the global economy. First, we critically discuss Friedman’s views and highlight the new globalization driven by outsourcing and vertical specialization. Second, we argue that Friedman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005196306
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877739
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Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide
Sascha O, Becker; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2015
In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 Prussian counties in 1816-21 and 1869-71, when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212081
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668474
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The Invisible Hand Plays Dice: Eventualities in Religious Markets
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - CESifo - 2004
Religious participation is much more widespread in the United States than in Europe, while Europeans tend to view sects more suspiciously than Americans. We propose an explanation for these patterns without assuming differences in preferences or market fundamentals. Religious markets may have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005181566
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775093
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147747
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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
We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008671691
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011155382
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Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094299