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We investigate how the intensity of Ramadan affects educational outcomes by exploiting spatio-temporal variation in annual fasting hours. Longer fasting hours are related to increases in student performance in a panel of TIMMS test scores (1995-2019) across Muslim countries but not other...
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We propose that religion impacts trust and trustworthiness in ways that depend on how individuals are socially … those belonging to some faith are trustworthier, but invest more trust only in those of the same religion – religiosity …, affiliation to the same religion may enhance group identity, or affiliation irrespective of creed may lend social identity, and in …
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induce perceptions of trustworthiness and trust. …
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respondents, while religiosity tends not to play any role. Compared to religion, the effects of institutional trust and local …This study presents new evidence on individual and community-specific determinants of social trust using data from 96 … villages in Bangladesh. We find perceived institutional trust to be positively correlated with stated inter-personal trust. At …
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This study analyses whether the role of religion for employment of married women in Europe has changed over time and … differences by religion among young women, but not among those older than 40 years, which we attribute to an upbringing under …
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This paper examines parental influence on adolescent risky behavior, focusing on a unique population: children of the clergy, more commonly known as preachers' kids (PKs). We use latent variable and zero-inflated count models to analyze the effect of being a PK on both uptake and intensity of...
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Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social...
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We examine the effect of adherence to behavioral codes, as measured by the degree of religiosity, on the level of honesty by conducting under-the-cup die experiments. The findings suggest that behavioral codes, which prohibit lying, offset the monetary incentive to lie. The highest level of...
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This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a …, bargaining behaviour and sense of fairness/equality, trust, and positive reciprocity. Three dimensions of religiosity are …
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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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