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Why Did the Netherlands Develop So Early? The Legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life
Akçomak, I. Semih; Webbink, Dinand; ter Weel, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This research provides an explanation for high literacy, economic growth and societal developments in the Netherlands in the period before the Dutch Republic. We establish a link between the Brethren of the Common Life (BCL), a religious community founded by Geert Groote in the city of Deventer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010791523
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Cultures, Clashes and Peace
Fletcher, Erin; Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Ethnic and religious fractionalization have important effects on economic growth and development, but their role in internal violent conflicts has been found to be negligible and statistically insignificant. These findings have been invoked in refutation of the Huntington hypothesis, according...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566684
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Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Henley, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
activity and religious affiliation. The relationship between religion and economic development has attracted recent attention …. A positive association may indicate that religion raises the social acceptability of entrepreneurial activity, by … national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761638
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Monotheism (From a Sociopolitical and Economic Perspective)
Iyigun, Murat F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The Axial Age, which lasted between 800 B. C. E. and 200 B. C. E., covers an era in which the spiritual foundations of humanity were laid simultaneously and independently in various geographic areas, and all three major monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity and Islam were born between 1200 B. C....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762170
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Ottoman Conquests and European Ecclesiastical Pluralism
Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat posed by the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago. This threat intensified in the second half of the 15th century and peaked in the first half of the 16th century with the Ottoman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762252
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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country
Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and...
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Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior
Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959740
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The Effect of Behavioral Codes and Gender on Honesty
Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Siniver, Erez; Tobol, Yossi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We examine the effect of adherence to behavioral codes, as measured by the degree of religiosity, on the level of honesty by conducting under-the-cup die experiments. The findings suggest that behavioral codes, which prohibit lying, offset the monetary incentive to lie. The highest level of...
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10011265295
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Sinners or Saints? Preachers' Kids and Risky Health Behaviors
Delaney, Jason J.; Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines parental influence on adolescent risky behavior, focusing on a unique population: children of the clergy, more commonly known as preachers' kids (PKs). We use latent variable and zero-inflated count models to analyze the effect of being a PK on both uptake and intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265649