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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257347
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256208
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Education promoted secularization : conference paper
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010491163
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Worldviews and intergenerational altruism : empirical evidence for Germany
Akkemik, Kucik Ali; Dittrich, Marcus; Göksal, Koray; … - 2012
German survey data containing questions on worldviews, religion, parental behavior, and socioeconomic variables. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538561
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Love thy neighbor : religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010409822
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Norm prevalence and interdependence: evidence from a large-scale historical survey of German speaking villages
Holler, Radost; Schäfer, Paul - 2021
villages with a different majority religion, and villages with more within-village social gatherings; (2) villages with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012663046
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Risk-Averse by Nation or by Religion? Some Insights on the Determinants of Individual Risk Attitudes
Bartke, Stephan; Schwarze, Reimund - 2008
level. We analyze these two possible determinants of individual risk attitudes: nationality and religion. First addressing … constituent factors including religion. (2) Religiousness is a significant determinant of risk attitudes. Religious persons are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600776
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Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421143
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Love thy neighbor: Religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421232
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Love thy neighbor: Religion and prosocial behavior
Heineck, Guido - 2014
religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010435191