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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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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Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147399
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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...
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Of Religion and Redemption: Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans
Baele, Lieven; Farooq, Moazzam; Ongena, Steven - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
cities if the share of votes to religious-political parties increases, suggesting that religion--either through individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209832
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Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 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. …
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Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants’ Religiosity - A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Abstract: This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084585
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Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of Spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … “no religion” made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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Forbidden Fruits: The Political Economy of Science, Religion, and Growth
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011262883
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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History
Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
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