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Diversity and public goods : a natural experiment with exogenous residential allocation
Algan, Yann; Hémet, Camille; Laitin, David D. - 2011
This paper demonstrates the effects of ethnic and religious diversity on the quality of public spaces. Its identification strategy relies on the exogeneity of public housing allocations in France, and thereby eliminates the bias from endogenous sorting. The paper uses micro evidence of social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516920
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Immigrants and religion
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2014
the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341307
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An economic perspective on religious education : complements and substitutes in a human capital portfolio
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman (contributor) - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002548813
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Religion as a determinant of economic and demographic behavior in the United States
Lehrer, Evelyn L. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
This paper critically reviews and synthesizes research on the role of religion on various aspects of the economic and … within the context of marriage. Religiosity, another dimension of religion, also affects economic and demographic outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485570
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Egalitarian religion and economics
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
; religion ; fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959394
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? : a comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
several data sets (the International Social Survey Program - ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey - ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion … mainly the function of a buffer and of "balm to the soul". -- immigration ; religion ; integration ; Europe ; United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533442
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What happened to God's time? : the evolution of secularism and hours of work in America, evidence from religious holidays
Lozano, Fernando - 2012
Are American workers less likely to observe a religious holiday now than they were 30 years ago? In this paper I use evidence from religious holidays to explore the evolution of market hours' flexibility and religious observance during the last thirty years. To do so, I take advantage of three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537578
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Religion and child health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - 2010
Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed …: whether there is a religious affiliation (and what kind), the importance of religion, and the frequency of church attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011533
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Social networks and parental behavior in the intergenerational transmission of religion
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2011
We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and … effect of peers on the transmission of the non-religious trait. -- religion ; cultural transmission ; peer effects ; network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309615
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After the farm crisis : religiosity in the rural United States
Orman, Wafa Hakim - 2013
The farm crisis in the United States in the 1980s had profound effects on rural, agricultural regions of the country, but almost no impact on urban and suburban areas. I use a difference-in-difference methodology and find that religiosity as measured by religious attendance increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774263