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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272283
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Clash of cultures: Muslims and Christians in the ethnosizing process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272329
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The Soft Power of American Missionary Universities in China and of their Legacies: Yenching University, St. John's University and Yale in China
Gjedssø Bertelsen, Rasmus; Thybo Møller, Steffen - 2010
This paper analyses the historical 'direct' soft power of American missionary universities in China and their 'reverse' soft power towards American society until their nationalization in the early 1950s. The paper also addresses the soft power of the legacies of these historical universities....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142434
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Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329145
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Are Japanese households financially healthy, and if so, why? A Group of Seven (G7) comparison
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, I conduct an international comparison of the financial health of households using data on household wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332271
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The evolution of secularization: Cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336012
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Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336038
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New times, old beliefs: Projecting the future size of religions in Austria
Goujon, Anne; Skirbekk, Vegard; Fliegenschnee, Katrin; … - 2006
Austria until 2051 by considering relative fertility rates, religion-specific net migration, and the rate of conversion … religion for those below 15 years of age in 2051. Other religion categories are estimated to constitute 7-12% of the population …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352570
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Job Protection : The Macho Hypothesis
Cahuc, Pierre; Algan, Yann - 2004
This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys, we document that Catholics, Muslims and Orthodoxs are more likely to support such "macho values" than Protestants...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261941
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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
Gang, Ira N.; Epstein, Gil S. - 2004
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers? observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261982