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Religious and cultural practices have major implications for a Country's economic performance. However, it is not clear if the institutionalization of these social norms within a country's legal system causes material economic effects. In this study I show this to be the case. By employing the...
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stronger ties to French culture exhibit a more effective transplant even when controlling for institutional proximity. Our …
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, language, religion, level of education, industrial development and political system. Culture is a ambiguous construct and … understanding how culture relates to psychological phenomena is essential to analyze the determining dimensions such as the …
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empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II … ; religion ; fertility ; secularization ; ISSP …
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In this introduction we will avoid laboring over a definition of the “Economics of Religion & Culture,” but this will …
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Using data from approximately 11,000 individuals in 14 different OECD regions, we find that culture, as expressed by …
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rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …
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rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …
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role of religion in human societies from a development economics perspective. We start by reviewing the contributions that … directly and through the effect of religion on institutions. Next, we summarize the literature that considers adherence to and … chooses to influence the contents of religion and the intensity of its dogmas. More precisely, we consider situations in which …
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empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
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