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the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and Christianity, where we are able to differentiate between individuals who …
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guarantor of freedom of conscience. Judaism in the United States illustrates the outcome in a competitive religious environment …. Judaism in Israel illustrates the outcome in a monopoly experiencing potential competition, possibly leading to an oligopoly … structure. -- religion ; religious marketplace ; new paradigm ; monopoly ; competition ; Judaism …
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We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...
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Available wisdom suggests that a negative relationship prevails between economic freedom and perceived corruption among … economic freedom in influencing perceived corruption. The firm-level data helps to explore the relationship between economic … freedom across Indian states and the perceived corruption in the formal sector. A statistically significant negative …
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religious intermarriage and assimilation are reviewed. A concluding section forecasts the future of American Judaism and Jewish … observance in the coming decades. -- economics ; religion ; Judaism ; economic history ; immigrant adjustment ; education …
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philanthropy in China today. This paper investigates donations given in 2011 by private enterprises using a survey of data covering … all 31 provincial-level units of China. The data show that philanthropy practised by Chinese private enterprises is …
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There has been little systematic study of the mechanisms typically used to raise money for charity. One of the most …
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Theory commonly posits agents who care both for the level of provision of a public good and the extent to which they personally contribute to the cause. Simply put, agents feel some "warm glow" from the donations they make. I discuss a fundraiser devised to exogenously vary the incentive to give...
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This study designs a natural field experiment linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine the effectiveness of matching gifts and challenge gifts, two popular strategies used to secure a portion of the $200 billion annually given to charities. We find evidence that challenge gifts...
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donations into different types of philanthropy, with charitable contributions to caring, needy and religious organizations … to the victims of the tsunami on future donations to charity, however, our findings suggest an inverse relationship with … the largest inverse association with donations to needy and caring organizations. -- Charity ; donations ; system tobit …
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