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and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …
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speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and …
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characteristic of these countries. Indeed, religion may be considered as a relevant variable in these transitions and consequently it … phase where religion may gather unexpected results. Copyright CEEUN 2013 …
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Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people’s economic attitudes. Much of the … institutional factors. We use the World Values Surveys to identify the relationship between intensity of religious beliefs and …, differentiating on whether a religion is dominant in a country. We find that on average, religious beliefs are associated with ‘good …
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This study presents a novel theory on the interaction of social norms, fertility, education, and their joint impact on long-run economic development. The theory takes into account that sexual intercourse is utility enhancing and that the use of modern contraceptives potentially conflicts with...
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This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to …. This survey analyzes the economic consequences of religion, the two-way interrelationship between religious and economic … in economic development. Changes in belief systems, which in many cases will be forms of religion, also can significantly …
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experimental trust.The effect of education and religion is shown to be depend enormously on the trust measure used.We find that the …
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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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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive concept for the role of culture in economic growth. Design/methodology/approach – The paper overviews the culture based development (CBD) concept and its precise definition of culture as an encompassing socio-economic factor....
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Evidence of falling wages in Catholic cities and rising wages in Protestant cities between 1500 and 1750, during the spread of literady and the vernacular, is inconsistent with most theorretical models of economic growth. In the Protestant Ethic, Weber suggested an alternative explanation based...
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