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the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant …
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This paper provides an overview of the relationship between economics and religion. It first considers the effects of … economic incentives in the religious marketplace on consumers’ demand for "religion." It then shows how this demand affects … religious marketplace and the related "marketplace for ideas" in a religiously pluralistic society. Empirical evidence is …
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; religion ; fertility …
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religion. The "New Paradigm" views separation of Church and State, leading to competition in the religious marketplace, as … structure. -- religion ; religious marketplace ; new paradigm ; monopoly ; competition ; Judaism …
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religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular … education. Applications include the tension between science and religion during the European Enlightenment and the development …
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The emergence and evolution of modern science since the 17th century has led to three major breakthroughs in the human condition. The first, the Industrial Revolution, started in the late 18th century and is based chiefly on developments associated with the rise of the natural sciences. The...
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, however, is that there seem to be certain "threshold" levels of financial and institutional development that an economy needs …
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There is no significant relationship between the improvement in happiness and the long term rate of growth of GDP per capita. This is true for three groups of countries analyzed separately - 17 developed, 9 developing, and 11 transition - and also for the 37 countries taken together. Time series...
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