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... …

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... …

explicitly gender-biased in a discriminatory sense, it is well recognisedthat they have significant gender effects. To the extent … that women earn less than men onaverage under tax-benefit systems that are progressive, there is some redistribution … frommen to women overall... …

In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for morethan 40 years, providing equal … access to education and employment, and restricting paydifferentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the … promotion of equalopportunities and treatment for women and men did not constitute a priority for any of thegovernments of the …