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Within the field of economics, despite being widespread, African traditional religions tend to be perceived as unimportant and ignored when studying economic decision-making. This study tests whether this presumption is correct. Using daily data on business decisions and performance of beer...
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We study the climate as a determinant of religious belief. People believe in the divine when religious authorities (the "church") can credibly intervene in nature on their behalf. We present a model in which nature sets the pattern of rainfall over time and the church chooses when optimally to...
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, can affect outcomes. We explore the economics of revealing type in a simple laboratory experiment to learn about the … underlying motivations for discrimination …
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religions and costs of having one's religion deviate from the type viewed as ideal. The International Social Survey Programme … (ISSP) waves for 1991, 1998, 2008, and 2018 allow for calculations of country-wide conversion rates based on religion … analysis applies to 8 types of religion for 58 countries (125 total observations). The rate of conversion depends positively on …
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these mortality rates. Our findings show that social factors such as organized religion can play an important role in …
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~22% who report to do so in surveys. The number of occasional vs. frequent attenders varies substantially by religion. I …
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had lower-earning, less-educated husbands. These patterns are consistent with more severe contemporaneous discrimination … contemporaneous discrimination, consistent with the "one-drop" racial classification rule that grouped together individuals with any … historical or family-level discrimination …
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ethnicity. Future work should consider designing interventions that cater to the needs of specific demographic groups, for …
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. We conduct a randomized field experiment in northern China using three types of SMS campaigns targeting three potential …
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behavioral change. In a field experiment with around 1,000 participants, we directly observe the interventions' effects on …
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