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Family structure and the education gender gap : evidence from Italian provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2013
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the influence of family structure. We capture the latter with two indicators: residential habits (nuclear vs. complex families) and inheritance rules (partition vs. primogeniture)....
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
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Earthquakes, religion, and transition to self-government in Italian cities
Belloc, Marianna; Drago, Francesco; Galbiati, Roberto - 2015
For a panel of 122 cities observed over 300 years in medieval northern-central Italy, we document that the occurrence of an earthquake retarded institutional transition from the feudal regime to the commune (free city state) in cities where the political and the religious leaders were one and...
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Medieval anti-semitism, Weimar social capital, and the rise of the nazi party : a reconsideration
Guinnane, Timothy; Hoffman, Philip - 2022
formal theory), and, most important, scrupulous attention to history and to the limitations of historical data. …
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From the death of god to the rise of Hitler
Becker, Sascha O.; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2023
Can weakened religiosity lead to the rise of totalitarianism? The Nazi Party set itself up as a political religion …
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Democracy and income in-equality : an empirical analysis
Grâdšṭayn, Marq; Milanović, Branko; Ying, Yvonne - 2001
proxied by a country s dominant religion seems to be related to inequality. But in addition, in Judeo-Christian societies …
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Policies against human trafficking : the role of religion and political institutions
Potrafke, Niklas - 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. …
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The effect of income on religiousness
Buser, Thomas - 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...
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The power of religious organizations in human decision processes : analyzing voting behavior
Torgler, Benno; Stadelmann, David; Portmann, Marco - 2013
recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223454
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Economic freedom and religion : an empirical investigation
Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016
, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic …
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