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Trust is measured using both survey questions and a standard trust experiment among a random sample of Muslim and Hindu … trust experiment in terms of fractions sent or returned, but the responses to the survey questions do indicate significant …
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-ethnic trust game field experiment confirms intergroup bias in mutually lower offers between urban Muslims and Hindus in Mumbai …. There are no differences in trustworthiness based on the religion of responders or of the co-players they respond to. Hindus …
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than Catholics. Third, our data suggest that the link between risk aversion and religion is driven by social aspects of …
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public often increases giving. We use an experiment to assess the effects this moral prescription on actual giving levels in …
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Charitable giving is one of the major obligations Islam and a strong Muslim norm endorses giving to the needy, but discourages public displays of giving. This norm is puzzling in light of previous evidence, suggesting that making donations public often increases giving. We report the results two...
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opportunities and discrimination? Chapter 3 investigates the effect of host society culture on migrant wage discrimination. It …
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clearly to be associated with the loss of religion (irrespective of the predominant denomination in a country): the distrust … old religion of Judaism and also Christian Protestantism emerge as the role models for other religions how to combine … religion and the traditions of the Enlightenment. Interestingly enough, also Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism and Roman Catholicism …
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religion on fatalistic beliefs seem to be an important element determining fatalistic tendencies. However there are not large …
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Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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This paper integrates a simple theory of identity choice into a framework of endogenous economic growth to explain how secularization can be both cause and consequence of economic development. A secular identity allows an individual to derive more pleasure from consumption than religious...
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