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Religion and child health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - 2010
Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed …: whether there is a religious affiliation (and what kind), the importance of religion, and the frequency of church attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274677
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Sinners or saints? : preachers' kids and risky health behaviors
Delaney, Jason; Winters, John V. - 2013
This paper examines parental influence on adolescent risky behavior, focusing on a unique population: children of the clergy, more commonly known as preachers' kids (PKs). We use latent variable and zero-inflated count models to analyze the effect of being a PK on both uptake and intensity of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754769
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Christianity and infant health in India
Menon, Nidhiya; McQueeney, Kathleen - 2015
This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main religions – Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The results indicate that Christian infants have higher height-for-age z-scores as compared to infants of other religious identities,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011295558
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Religion and child health
Chiswick, Barry R.; Mirtcheva, Donka M. - 2010
Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed …: whether there is a religious affiliation (and what kind), the importance of religion, and the frequency of church attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011533
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Religion and Child Health
Chiswick, Barry R. - 2010
Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported … overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed …: whether there is a religious affiliation (and what kind), the importance of religion, and the frequency of church attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137552
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Does religion make you sick? : evidence of a negative relationship between religious background and health
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin - 2017
Religious beliefs and practices influence individual lives and societies in many ways. We study how religion affects … between health and religiosity in the earlier literature are not due to religion promoting health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667682
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Suffer for the faith? : parental religiosity and children's health
Popova, Olga - 2016
This paper provides novel evidence on differences in health outcomes of children in religious and non-religious families in Russia. The health indicators analyzed include the subjective health status and anthropometric outcomes. The endogeneity of religiosity is accounted for. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482689
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And thou shalt honor : children's caregiving, work and religion
Mazzotta, Fernanda; Bettio, Francesca; Zigante, Valentina - 2018 - draft, March 2018
In this paper we take a fresh look at the magnitude of the trade-off between caring informally for a parent and paid work. We adopt a simultaneous approach with a primary focus on how hours of care are influenced by hours of work rather than the other way round. We also investigate the role that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131593
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Is Hanukkah responsive to Christmas?
Abramitzky, Ran (contributor); Einav, Liran (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003760107
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Is Hanukkah responsive to Christmas?
Abramitzky, Ran; Rigbi, Oren - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 120 (2010), pp. 612-630
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003992402