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ICT: productivity and economic growth in Europe

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Secularization and long-run economic growth

Strulik, Holger - 2015 - Revised Version: March 2015

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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From worship to worldly pleasures : secularization and long-run economic growth

Strulik, Holger - 2012 - This version: May 2012

In medieval times, most people identified with religious values and aggregate income and productivity grew at glacier … speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and … worldly pleasures and aggregate productivity takes off. An extension of the basic model investigates the Protestant …

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