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Competition vs. Monopoly in the Religious Marketplace: Judaism in the United States and Israel
Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010607502
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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 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291466
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Active Inclusion of Immigrants in Poland
Duszczyk, Maciej; Góra, Marek - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539174
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276691
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282540
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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, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763452
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Students' Academic Self-Perception
Chevalier, Arnaud; Gibbons, Steve; Thorpe, Andy; Snell, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Participation rates in higher education differ persistently between some groups in society. Using two British datasets we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students’ misperception of their own and other’s ability, thereby increasing the expected costs to studying. Among high school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763481
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469683
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Does Conflict Disrupt Growth? Evidence of the Relationship between Political Instability and National Economic Performance
Polachek, Solomon; Sevastianova, Daria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
variables. This study draws on conflict variables from the Correlates of War (COW) project to ask a critical question: How do … different types of conflict affect country growth rates? It finds that wars slow the economy. Estimates indicate that civil war …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615443
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War and Stature: Growing Up During the Nigerian Civil War
Akresh, Richard; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Leone, Marinella; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The Nigerian civil war of 1967-70 was precipitated by secession of the Igbo-dominated south-eastern region to create … the state of Biafra. It was the first civil war in Africa, the predecessor of many. We investigate the legacies of this … war four decades later. Using variation across ethnicity and cohort, we identify significant long run impacts on human …
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