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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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Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329145
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
several data sets (the International Social Survey Program - ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey - ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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The implications of cultural background on labour market choices: The case of religion and entrepreneurship
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2011
We suggest a methodology for identifying the implications of alternative cultural and social norms embodied by religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the propensity to be an entrepreneur, on the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286856
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Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016
) are characterized by such low rates of female labor force participation. This gap in labor economics research is all the … Muslim Feminism, and that labor economics does not exclude anymore "the religious factor" from the analytical frameworks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451238
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531672
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
, broadly defined (e.g., attitudes toward science and technology, new versus old ideas, change, risk taking, personal agency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Henley, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
activity and religious affiliation. The relationship between religion and economic development has attracted recent attention …. A positive association may indicate that religion raises the social acceptability of entrepreneurial activity, by … national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010761638
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Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Henley, Andrew - 2014
activity and religious affiliation. The relationship between religion and economic development has attracted recent attention …. A positive association may indicate that religion raises the social acceptability of entrepreneurial activity, by … national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352285
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The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We suggest a methodology for identifying the implications of alternative cultural and social norms embodied by religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on the propensity to be an entrepreneur, on the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371895