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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275133
The relation between religion, economy and the country became a major topic in the development of public welfare …
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The object of this paper is a reflection on the significance of some of the last writings and speeches of the late professor Claudio Napoleoni (1924-1988). He was not only a well known theoretical economist and historian of economic thought but also a competent philosophical anthropologist and...
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This paper examines the role of both religion and anthropology in development and accordingly reducing poverty. Within … this introduction I intend to discuss the reason invited me to handle this problem. This reason is that I see both religion …
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Religion was one of the factors that was frequently identified by seventeenth- and eighteenth-century economists as …
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The Haredi (Jewish ultra-orthodox) population in Israel is an idiosyncratic community. Its members are committed to the observance of the Bible and its commandments, as interpreted by its sectarian religious leaders. Haredi poverty is exceptionally high, with a share of 20% of the Israeli poor...
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There are studies showing linkages between religious beliefs and health. The importance of religion on health has been … examined by studies (Vaux 1976), the dietary beliefs in health and illness (Chan Ho 1985), the role of religion in morbidity … and mortalitiy (Jarvis and North Cott 1987), the Religion and other factors influencing health status (Idler and Kasl 1992 …
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explain the relationship between religion and growth. I have also tried to present Adam Smith's view on the subject and how it …
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The “social gradient to health” - whereby people belonging to groups higher up the social ladder had better health outcomes than those belonging to groups further down - is essentially a Western construct; there has been very little investigation into whether, in developing countries also,...
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