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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,...
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Culture, institutions & the Long Divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021 - This draft: January 2021
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Jesus speaks Korean : christianity and literacy in colonial Korea
Becker, Sascha O.; Won, Cheongyeon - 2021
In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in its economic development. Joseon Korea was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign powers as a result of which Christian missionaries entered the country and contributed to...
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Culture, institutions & the long divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Recent theories of the Long Divergence between Middle Eastern and Western European economies focus on Middle Eastern (over-)reliance on religious legitimacy, use of slave soldiers, and persistence of restrictive proscriptions of religious (Islamic) law. These theories take as exogenous the...
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God's stewards : a global overview of Christian-influenced mutual fund providers
Diener, Joel; Habisch, André - In: Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM 15 (2022) 12, pp. 1-24
Despite a large amount of assets under management and a strong influence on the sustainable investment movement, very little is known about what ethical investing looks like from a Christian perspective. We therefore analyzed the ethical investment policies of a unique dataset of...
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015051259
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Culture, institutions & the long divergence
Bisin, Alberto; Rubin, Jared; Seror, Avner; Verdier, Thierry - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012439267
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Jesus speaks Korean : christianity and literacy in colonial Korea
Becker, Sascha O.; Won, Cheongyeon - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012405580
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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Constant, Amelie F.; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, … - 2006
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
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Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards
Brañas-Garza, Pablo; Espín, Antonio M.; Neuman, Shoshana - 2013
This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three … no religion made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with … religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity …
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