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Communism as the unhappy coming
Djankov, Simeon; Nikolova, Elena - 2018
Catholics, Protestants and non-believers, those of Eastern Orthodox religion have less social capital and prefer old ideas and … the expense of others. These differences in life satisfaction and other attitudes and values persisted despite the fact …'s (1933, 1937) hypothesis of communism as a successor of Orthodoxy. …
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Communism as the Unhappy Coming
Djankov, Simeon - 2018
Catholics, Protestants and non-believers, those of Eastern Orthodox religion have less social capital and prefer old ideas and … the expense of others. These differences in life satisfaction and other attitudes and values persisted despite the fact …'s (1933, 1937) hypothesis of communism as a successor of Orthodoxy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923465
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Communism as the unhappy coming
Djankov, Simeon; Nikolova, Elena - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012205568
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Communism as the unhappy coming
Djankov, Simeon; Nikolova, Elena - In: Journal of comparative economics : the journal of the … 46 (2018) 3, pp. 708-721
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012109427
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Conditions for attitudes towards native culture, religion and church and religiously motivated ethics
Czerniawska, Mirosława; Szydło, Joanna - In: European research studies 23 (2020) 4, pp. 123-134
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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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An economic theory of religious belief
Strulik, Holger - 2016
In this paper I consider how individuals allocate their time between church attendance (and other religious activities) and secular leisure activities. Moreover individuals use a cognitive style, which is either intuitive-believing or reflective-analytical. I assume that the full benefit from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436728
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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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The determinants of church attendance and religious human capital in Germany : evidence from panel data
Heineck, Guido - 2001
This paper explores determinants of church attendance and the formation of 'religious human capital' in Germany within a Becker-style allocation-of-time framework. The analysis is based on data derived from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Taking advantage of the longitudinal structure...
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