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Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior
Heineck, Guido - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ … religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … barely any evidence for Germany. This study adds to this literature by exploring data from the German Socio-Economic Panel …
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Engineers, Innovative Capacity and Development in the Americas
Maloney, William F.; Caicedo, Felipe Valencia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
innovative capacity, captured by the density of engineers at the dawn of the Second Industrial Revolution, are important to …
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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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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...
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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...
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
correlated with constituency level voter preferences or characteristics that make religion salient, we use quasi-random variation …
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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
Judaism in the first half of the millennium, we build a model in which Jewish men choose education, occupation, religion, and …
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Is Education the Panacea for Economic Deprivation of Muslims? Evidence from Wage Earners in India, 1987–2005
Bhaumik, Sumon K.; Chakrabarty, Manisha - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Few researchers have examined the nature and determinants of earnings differentials among religious groups, and none has been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligious societies like the one in India. We address this lacuna in the literature by examining the differences in the...
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
several data sets (the International Social Survey Program – ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey – ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …
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