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After the farm crisis : religiosity in the rural United States
Orman, Wafa Hakim - 2013
, but almost no impact on urban and suburban areas. I use a difference-in-difference methodology and find that religiosity … agriculture. Chen (2010) describes increased religiosity in Indonesia following the 1998 financial crisis, and this paper … who are not. I hypothesize that the increased religiosity results from religious institutions' ability to provide public …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774263
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Immigrants and religion
Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2014
the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010341307
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? : a comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533442
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The labor market behavior of married women with young children in the US : have differences by religion disappeared?
Lehrer, Evelyn L.; Chen, Yu - 2013
Using data from the 2006-2010 National Survey of Family Growth, conducted in the United States, we study the role of religious affiliation and participation in the labor supply behavior of non-Hispanic married women with young children. We estimate ordered probit models with a trichotomous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719633
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants’ religiosity
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides … indicators for the type of incentive – whether immigrants’ religiosity serves as a ‘bridge’ or a ‘buffer’ in the process of … religiosity of immigrants serves as a bridge between the immigrants and the local population, in Europe it has mainly the function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224804
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Bridges or buffers? : motives behind immigrants' religiosity ; a comparative study of Europe and the United States
Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study reviews and evaluates the motives and incentives behind immigrants’ religiosity, focusing on the two sides … indicators for the type of incentive - whether immigrants' religiosity serves as a "bridge" or a "buffer" in the process of … religiosity of immigrants serves as a bridge between the immigrants and the local population, in Europe it has mainly the function …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010209718
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009652535
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa - 2012
This study reviews and evaluates the intertwined relationship between immigration and religiosity, focusing on the two … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … habits)?; (iii) how does religiosity of immigrants affect integration: is it serving as a bridge that smoothens integration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109434
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Social dynamics of obesity
Burke, Mary Cecilia (contributor);  … - 2006
In order to explain the substantial recent increases in obesity rates in the United States, we consider the effect of falling food prices in the context of a model involving endogenous body weight norms and an explicit, empirically grounded description of human metabolism. Unlike previous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003713586