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Evolution vs. creationism in the classroom : the lasting effects of science education
Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022
Anti-scientific attitudes can impose substantial costs on societies. Can schools be an important agent in mitigating the propagation of such attitudes? This paper investigates the effect of the content of science education on anti-scientific attitudes, knowledge, and choices. The analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013370889
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The rise and fall of enforcement institutions : an example of religion and secularism
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivčák, Ján; Kancs, D'Artis - 2011
less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524872
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The Rise and Fall of Enforcement Institutions: An Example of Religion and Secularism
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan; Kancs, d'Artis - 2011
less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496162
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Рациональная функция протестантизма
Kaluzhsky, Mikhail - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
Article about the role of Protestantism in shaping the conditions for successful social and economic development of the state. The author compares the Orthodoxy in Russia and European Protestantism as the ideological foundation of ensuring social stability and social progress of the state.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109100
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The Rise and Fall of Enforcement Institutions: An Example of Religion and Secularism
Ciaian, Pavel; Pokrivcak, Jan; d'Artis Kancs - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2011
less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371247
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The scientist and the church
Nitzan, Jonathan; Bichler, Shimshon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The April 21, 2005 issue of the LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS carried a lead article titled ‘Blood for Oil?’ The paper is attributed to a group of writers and activists – Iain Boal, T.J. Clark, Joseph Matthews and Michael Watts – who identify themselves by the collective name ‘Retort.’ In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836969
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The Scientist and the Church
Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2015
The Scientist and the Church is a wide-ranging biography of research, showcasing Bichler and Nitzan’s attempts to break through the stifling dogmas of the academic church and chart a new scientific cosmology of capitalism. Central to the authors’ work is the notion that capital is not a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646690
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329145
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Are Japanese households financially healthy, and if so, why? A Group of Seven (G7) comparison
Horioka, Charles Yuji - 2012
In this paper, I conduct an international comparison of the financial health of households using data on household wealth and indebtedness for the Group of Seven (G7) countries and show that, even though household borrowings in Japan were the highest among the G7 countries, at least until 2000,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332271
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The evolution of secularization: Cultural transmission, religion and fertility theory, simulations and evidence
Bar-El, Ronen; Garcia-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana; … - 2010
empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336012