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Philanthropy in a secular society
Bittschi, Benjamin; Borgloh, Sarah; Wigger, Berthold U. - 2016
In this study we investigate the relationship between religious and charitable giving. We test how income, the tax-price of giving and the German church tax, differently affect charitable donations of church members, individuals leaving church and nonchurch members. We find crowding in between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441122
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Philanthropy in a secular society
Bittschi, Benjamin; Borgloh, Sarah; Wigger, Berthold U. - 2016
In this study we investigate the relationship between religious and charitable giving. We test how income, the tax-price of giving and the German church tax, differently affect charitable donations of church members, individuals leaving church and nonchurch members. We find crowding in between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011442037
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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
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Authentic happiness theory supported by impact of religion on life satisfaction : a longitudinal analysis with data for Germany
Headey, Bruce; Schupp, Jürgen; Tucci, Ingrid; Wagner, … - 2008
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Survey (SOEP), this paper assesses the relationship between life satisfaction and religious practice. The main new result here is longitudinal. It is shown that individuals who become more religious over time record long term gains in life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793592