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Does religion influence the labour supply of married women in Germany?
Heineck, Guido - 2002
On behavioural theory basis, this article analyses whether religion influences married women in Germany in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260788
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Does Religion Influence the Labour Supply of Married Women in Germany?
Heineck, Guido - 2004
Using behavioral theories, this article analyzes whether religion influences married women in Germany in their decision …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070413
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Does religion influence the labour supply of married women in Germany?
Heineck, Guido - 2002
In this paper, we investigate the intergenerational transmission of smoking behavior from parents to their children using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, surveyed in 1999 including 813 youths aged 16 through 19. We find strong evidence, that parental smoking significantly increases...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013436196
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Does religion influence the labour supply of married women in Germany?
Heineck, Guido - 2002
On behavioural theory basis, this article analyses whether religion influences married women in Germany in their …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011435981
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Egalitarian religion and economics
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010
The role of women in the ritual of many religions changed dramatically at the end of the 20th century, to the point where full participation by women was the norm by 2000 rather than the rarity that it had been 30 years earlier. This paper considers some aspects of the economic context that help...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272758
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The effect of behavioral codes and gender on honesty
Arbel, Yuval; Bar-El, Ronen; Siniver, Erez; Tobol, Yossi - 2014
We examine the effect of adherence to behavioral codes, as measured by the degree of religiosity, on the level of honesty by conducting under-the-cup die experiments. The findings suggest that behavioral codes, which prohibit lying, offset the monetary incentive to lie. The highest level of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245996
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Islamism and gender relations in the muslim world as reflected in recent world values survey data
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016
factor" and what these authors call "gender ideology". Our analysis of the "gender ideology" of Islamism and gender values is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450353
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The alabaster ceiling: the gender legacy of the Papal States
Harka, Elona; Nunziata, Luca; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2021
We investigate the legacy of the former Papal States on modern female condition by comparing Italian municipalities located in a narrow band across the border between the former Papal States and the former Grand Duchy of Tuscany. While in the Papal States gender inequality was particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012620920
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Religion, ideology and fertility
Kumo, Kazuhiro; Perugini, Cristiano - 2023
-progressive political regimes and ideology can weaken this chain of effects, by eroding either the way religion shapes gender roles or the …In this paper, we investigate how attachment to religion is connected to conservative gender role beliefs and to what … religion is in both groups associated with more traditional gender roles; however, the link is significantly weaker for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014281061
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Does secular education impact religiosity, electoral participation and the propensity to vote for Islamic parties? : evidence from an education reform in a Muslim country
Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - 2014
Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257344