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Does democracy make taller men? : cross-country European evidence

Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan - 2021 - This version: January 2022

communism. …

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The role of government in anti-social redistributive activities

Angelopoulos, Konstantinos (contributor); … - 2005

It is known that anti-social redistributive activities (rent seeking, tax evasion, corruption, violation of property rights, delay of socially beneficial reforms, etc) hurt the macroeconomy. But it is less known what is the role of government size as a determinant of such activities. We use data...

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Shadow economies around the world : size, causes, and consequences

Schneider, Friedrich; Enste, Dominik - 1999

Using various methods (currency demand, physical input (electricity) method, model approach), which are discussed and criticized, estimates of the size of the shadow economy in 76 developing, transition and OECD-countries are presented. The average size of a shadow economy varies from 12 percent...

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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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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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Suicide attacks and religious cleavages

Filote, Andra; Potrafke, Niklas; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2015

Many experts claim that the incidence of suicide attacks is driven by religious cleavages. To test this hypothesis, we investigate whether the total number of suicide attacks per violent conflict or the annual number of suicide attacks per country is associated with simmering religious...

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Religion in economic history : a survey

Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020

This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … various effects across the world. We highlight three general insights that emerge from this literature. First, the …

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The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of communism

Becker, Sascha O.; Mergele, Lukas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020

described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in … already visible in many socio-economic characteristics in pre-World War II data. Second, World War II and the subsequent …

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Devotion and development : religiosity, education, and economic progress in 19th-century France

Squicciarini, Mara P. - 2019 - This version: 14th July 2019

This paper uses a historical setting to study when religion can be a barrier to the diffusion of knowledge and economic …

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