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Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction : a longitudinal analysis with data for Germany

Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - 2008

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...

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Active inclusion of immigrants in Poland

Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek - 2012

Poland has traditionally been treated as an emigration country. Since recently Poland has been changing into an emigration-immigration country. The latter, namely immigration, was boosted by the European Union membership and by stable and strong growth of the country. In the last years,...

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Competition vs. monopoly in the religious marketplace : Judaism in the United States and Israel

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2013

Economic analysis is used to compare different paradigms for understanding the marketplace for religions and religious ideas. The "Sacred Canopy" paradigm views it necessary for social stability to grant monopoly power to an official state religion. The "New Paradigm" views separation of Church...

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Nature, nurture and egalitarian policy : what can we learn from molecular genetics?

Lundborg, Petter; Stenberg, Anders - 2009

This brief paper draws attention to molecular genetic research which may provide a new dimension to our understanding of how socioeconomic outcomes are generated. In particular, we provide an overview of the recently emerging evidence of gene-environment interaction effects. This literature...

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On the origins of socio-economic inequalities : evidence from twin families

Bingley, Paul; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023

We propose a twin family model linking twins with their spouses and children to quantify the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors in explaining the variance of socio-economic outcomes. Using data from the Danish Twins Registry and population registers, we test and relax the...

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On amenities, natural advantage and agglomeration

Krupka, Douglas J. (contributor) - 2008

A prominent feature of economic geography in America is the positive correlation amongst local incomes, housing costs and city population. This paper embeds a "black box" agglomeration economy within a more neoclassical general equilibrium model of local wages, rents and population to assess the...

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Post-9/11 war deployments increased crime among veterans

Cesur, Resul; Sabia, Joseph J.; Tekin, Erdal - 2020

Several high-profile news stories have linked post-September 11 (9/11) combat service to violent crime among veterans. Nevertheless, there is scant causal evidence for this claim. We exploit the administrative procedures by which U.S. Armed Forces senior commanders conditionally randomly assign...

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War, international spillovers, and adolescents : evidence from Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022

Siedler, Thomas; Anger, Silke; Christoph, Bernhard; … - 2024

the start of the war with those who responded shortly after the conflict began and applying difference-in-differences (DiD …) models over time, we find a significant decline in the outcome after the war started. These findings provide new evidence on … how armed conflicts influence social trust and well-being among young people in a country not directly involved in the war. …

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How opportunity costs decrease the probability of war in an incomplete information game

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); Xiang, Jun (contributor) - 2008

probability of war in an incomplete information game. This result is strongly consistent with existing empirical analyses of the …. -- War ; conflict ; trade ; trade-conflict relationship ; interdependence ; incomplete information game ; signaling …

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Identifying conflict and violence in micro-level surveys

Brück, Tilman; Justino, Patricia; Verwimp, Philip; … - 2010

in order to deepen the understanding of the nature of violent conflict and the channels whereby conflict and violence … affect the welfare characteristics and choices of individuals and households in conflict areas. -- conflict ; violence ; war …

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