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Religion as an unemployment insurance and the basis of support for public safety nets : the case of Latin America and the Caribbean

Pecha, Camilo; Ruprah, Inder S. - 2015

This paper explores the role of religion in mitigating the degree to which unemployment reduces subjective well … method to tease out a causal relation between religion and well-being. We find that religion acts as a buffer: Unemployed …

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Why does the amount of income redistribution differ between United States and Europe? : the Janus face of Switzerland

Akkoyunlu, Sule; Neustadt, Ilja; Zweifel, Peter - 2009 - Rev. version

Mobility ; Openness ; Political Economy ; Beliefs ; Religion ; Immigration …

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Do religious beliefs explain preferences for income redistribution? : experimental evidence

Neustadt, Ilja - 2010

Due to the mixed empirical evidence bearing on the economic determinants, beliefs have been at the center of attention of research into preferences for income redistribution. We elicit preferences for income redistribution through a Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland and...

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Religious organizations

Levy, Gilat; Razin, Ronny - 2010 - This version: November 2009

beliefs and participation, the relation between the size of the religion and the intensity of its members’ beliefs, religious … segregation and religious conflicts. -- Economics of Religion ; Religion ; Organizations ; Beliefs …

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Economic growth and religious production efficiency

Mangeloja, Esa - 2004

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Application of economic concepts on religious behavior

Mangeloja, Esa - 2003

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Implications of the economics of religion to the empirical economic research

Mangeloja, Esa - 2003

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Countering misinformation with targeted messages : experimental evidence using mobile phones

Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2021

into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …

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Changes in beliefs and perceptions about the natural environment in the forest-Savanna transitional zone of Ghana : the influence of religion

Sarfo-Mensah, Paul; Oduro, William - 2010

situation which threatens the sustainability of community forests including sacred groves, religion has been used to justify …

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Religious & cultural leaders

Prummer, Anja - 2018

This paper surveys the existing literature on religious and cultural leaders. It discusses potential motivations of a leader and highlights that irrespective of his/her exact motivations, the presence of a leader is crucial for the cultural heterogeneity of a society. The impact of...

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