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Christianity and infant health in India
Menon, Nidhiya; McQueeney, Kathleen - 2015
This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main religions – Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The results indicate that Christian infants have higher height-for-age z-scores as compared to infants of other religious identities,...
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Environmental engagement, religion and spirituality in the context of secularization
Briguglio, Marie; García-Muñoz, Teresa M.; Neuman, … - 2020
religion and environmental engagement, including pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours.Empirical results are diverse and … religion. This paper contributes to the literature by examining the question in a predominantly Roman Catholic European Union …
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Rhineland exit?
Bovenberg, Ary Lans (contributor);  … - 2008
We argue in favour of the shareholder model of the firm for three main reasons. First, serving multiple stakeholders leads to ill-defined property rights. What sounds like a fair compromise between stakeholders can easily evolve in a permanent struggle between the stakeholders about the ultimate...
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Market orientation and gender wage gaps : an international study
Zweimüller, Martina (contributor);  … - 2007
Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in product and labor markets and the general absence of...
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Contractual dualism, market power and informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Kanbur, Ravi - 2011
Two stylized representations are often found in the academic and policy literature on informality and formality in developing countries. The first is that the informal (or unregulated) sector is more competitive than the formal (or regulated) sector. The second is that contract enforcement is...
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Culture and institutions
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola - 2015
A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the relevance of culture: its relationship to institutions. We review work with a theoretical, empirical,...
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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter 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 … monotheistic character of the Abrahamic religions facilitated a close historical interconnection of religion with political power …
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
- together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue … that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic growth through all four elements because it shapes individual … preferences, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial …
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The role of faith and faith schooling in educational, economic, and faith outcomes
McKendrick, Andrew; Walker, Ian - 2020
We examine the roles played by intrinsic religiosity and faith-based education in both short and long-term outcomes among young people in England. England is a good laboratory for this work as it has a substantial share of publicly funded faith schools. This is in contrast to the US, where much...
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From the death of God to the rise of Hitler
Becker, Sascha O.; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2023
Can weakened religiosity lead to the rise of totalitarianism? The Nazi Party set itself up as a political religion …
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