Iannaccone’s (1991) seminal paper assigns basic market principles to the market for religion. Ina competitive market … with high religious diversity the level of overall religiosity should increase. TheSecularization Hypothesis suggests that … more accurate indexof religious diversity... …

been undertaken in the context of conflict-prone multireligioussocieties like the one in India. We address this lacuna in … the literature by examiningthe differences in the average (log) earnings of Hindu and Muslim wage earners in India …

of the caste systeminfluence entrepreneurship, suggesting a link between religion and economic behavior... …While considerable concern has emerged about the impact of religion oneconomic development, little is actually known … about how religion impacts thedecision making of individuals. This paper examines the influence of religion onthe decision …

sketching some further implications of these ideas for thestudy of religion and ritual... …

[...]The work of the National Equality Panel will underpin the response by all strategic publicauthorities to Clause … One of the Equality Bill which places a new legal duty on key publicbodies to consider, in all the important decisions …

There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as mendo and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) toenter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … women who do notchoose competititive incentives \know" that they should not.[...] …

evidence thatthe effects of childhood disadvantage are more powerful for women than formen: pathways to social exclusion are …