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Islamic Constitutions and Religious Minorities
Gouda, Moamen - 2018
This study examines the effect of formal institutions, specifically constitutional provisions, on minority discrimination in Muslim societies. We hypothesize that those Muslim countries in which (political) Islam constitutes an important constraint in the legislative process experience more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012907370
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Islamic constitutions and religious minorities
Gouda, Moamen; Gutmann, Jerg - 2018 - This version: 20 November 2018
This study examines the effect of formal institutions, specifically constitutional provisions, on minority discrimination in Muslim societies. We hypothesize that those Muslim countries in which (political) Islam constitutes an important constraint in the legislative process experience more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011932484
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Racial group affinity and religious giving : evidence from congregation-level panel data
Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina; Grajzl, Peter; Guse, A. Joseph - 2014
Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464886
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Clash of Cultures : Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2021
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/10013317401
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An Economic Perspective on Religious Education : Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio
Chiswick, Carmel U. - 2021
religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular … education. Applications include the tension between science and religion during the European Enlightenment and the development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318783
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Historical antisemitism, ethnic specialization, and financial development
D'Acunto, Francesco; Prokopczuk, Marcel; Weber, Michael - 2017
For centuries, Jews in Europe have specialized in financial services. At the same time, they have been the victims of historical antisemitism on the part of the Christian majority. We find that present-day financial development is lower in German counties where historical antisemitism was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721571
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Racial Group Affinity and Religious Giving : Evidence from Congregation-Level Panel Data
Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina P.; Grajzl, Peter; Guse, A. … - 2014
Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014140053
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Racial Group Affinity and Religious Giving : Evidence from Congregation-Level Panel Data
Dimitrova-Grajzl, Valentina P. - 2015
Since giving to religious organizations constitutes a substantial portion of total charitable giving, an understanding of the determinants of religious giving is a vital policy concern. Drawing on a novel congregation-level panel dataset, we examine whether religious giving is driven by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030325
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Friendship network composition and subjective wellbeing
Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Smyth, Russell - 2017
's friends are similar to oneself with regard to ethnicity and religion. We find that people who have friendship networks with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660075
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Decomposing discrimination: why a holistic approach to racism hides more than it reveals
Koopmans, Ruud - 2021
as ethnicity and religion. In addition, the "intersectional" interactions between these different characteristics are a … and religion each have independent effects on discrimination. Tendencies towards discrimination differ greatly between … phänotypisches Aussehen als auch Ethnizität und Religion umfasst. Außerdem werden in dieser ganzheitlichen Rassismuskonzeption die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647872