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Hofstede, Schwartz, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research

Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

shift at an enormous speed; and above all, religion and family values can be an important assett in the stability of … research uses data from the World Values Survey project to study the relationship between religion, denominations and economic … original 30 variables and the newly derived factor analytical dimensions: a) economic permissiveness b) traditional religion c …

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Hofstede, Inglehart and beyond. New directions in empirical global value research

Tausch, Arno - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275133

Saints Marching in, 1590-2009

Barro, Robert J. - 2011

The Catholic Church has been making saints for centuries, typically in a two-stage process featuring beatification and canonization. We analyze determinants of rates of beatification and canonization (for non-martyrs) over time and across six world regions. The research uses a recently assembled...

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Diversity and Donations : The Effect of Religious and Ethnic Diversity on Charitable Giving

Andreoni, James - 2011

We explore the effects of local ethnic and religious diversity on individual donations to private charities. Using 10-year neighborhood-level panels derived from personal tax records in Canada, we find that diversity has a detrimental effect on charitable donations. A 10 percentage point...

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Substitution and Stigma : Evidence on Religious Competition from the Catholic Sex-Abuse Scandal

Hungerman, Daniel M. - 2011

This paper considers substituting one charitable activity for another in the context of religious practice. I examine the impact of the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal on both Catholic and non-Catholic religiosity. I find that the scandal led to a 2-million-member fall in the Catholic...

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Do Religious Proscriptions Matter? Evidence from a Theory-Based Test

Hungerman, Daniel M. - 2011

those with tastes for religion coincidentally have particular tastes for other behaviors as well. Alternately, religious … not require an instrumental variable for religion and could be applied to the study of criminal gangs, terrorist …

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The Effect of Education on Religion : Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

Hungerman, Daniel M. - 2011

For over a century, social scientists have debated how educational attainment impacts religious belief. In this paper, I use Canadian compulsory schooling laws to identify the relationship between completed schooling and later religiosity. I find that higher levels of education lead to lower...

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Exporting Christianity : Governance and Doctrine in the Globalization of Us Denominations

Hanson, Gordon - 2011

productivity of pastor effort is higher. These findings shed light on factors determining the composition of religion within …

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Cultural Proximity and Loan Outcomes

Fisman, Raymond J. - 2012

religion and caste of bank officers and borrowers from a bank in India, and a rotation policy that induces exogenous matching …

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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Cesur, Resul - 2013

Turkey, which is a predominantly Muslim country, enacted an education law in 1997 which increased the compulsory secular education from five to eight years. We employ a unique nation-wide survey of adults in 2012 to investigate the impact of education on religiosity, lifestyles and political...

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