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Understanding the development of fundamentalism
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
Fundamentalist organizations and the terrorists they spawn do not arise of a vacuum. Combating terrorism requires understanding the principles of groups’ formation, development and growth. We use economic theory to explain the creation and development of fundamentalist groups. In this paper we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318337
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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 …
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Social divisions in school participation and attainment in India: 1983 - 2004
Niaz Asadullah, M.; Kambhampati, Uma; López Bóo, Florencia - 2009
This study documents the size and nature of 'boy-girl' and 'Hindu-Muslim' gaps in children's school participation and attainments in India. Individual-level data from two successive rounds of the National Sample Survey suggest that considerable progress has been made in decreasing the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278307
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The political economy of Kosher Wars
Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2002
In this paper we develop a theory of “Kosher Wars” under which Rabbis (certifying authorities) compete to enhance the level of Jewish observation of their congregations. The level of observance can be seen as the Rabbi’s rents. Our rent-seeking model explains the establishment...
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National aggregates and individual disaffiliation: An international study
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, … - 2009
a certain religion and at some stage of their lives left it. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as 'no … religion'. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific, personal attributes and marriage variables) was employed to … test for determinants of this decision. It was found that the tendency of individuals to leave their religion is strongly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335971
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Bridges or buffers? Motives behind immigrants' religiosity - A comparative study of Europe and the United States
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants' religiosity, focusing on the two sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to identify indicators for the type of incentive - whether immigrants'...
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Trade and geography in the origins and spread of Islam
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2012
This research examines the economic origins and spread of Islam in the Old World and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries and ethnic groups exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments. Second, Muslim adherence is systematically higher along the pre-Islamic...
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The local geographic origins of Russian-Jewish immigrants, circa 1900
Perlmann, Joel - 2006
This working paper concerns the local origins of Russian-Jewish immigrants to the United States, circa 1900. New evidence is drawn from a large random sample of Russian-Jewish immigrant arrivals in the United States. It provides information on origins not merely by large regions, or even by the...
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The national wealth of Sweden, 1810-2014
Waldenström, Daniel - 2015
This study presents a new database, the Swedish National Wealth Database (SNWD), which contains annual data on private, public and national wealth and sectoral saving rates in Sweden over the past two centuries. The paper reviews previous investigations of national wealth, compares their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406161
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Bias in social mobility estimates with historical data: Evidence from Swiss microdata
Favre, Giacomin - 2019
This paper explores a variety of potential issues one has to address when estimating intergenerational mobility with historical data. Many studies are potentially affected by bias originating from individuals emigrating and thus dropping out of the sample, missing information on the life-cycle,...
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