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Social cohesion, religious beliefs, and the effect of Protestantism on suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about … afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 … suicide. We address issues of bias from mental illness, misreporting, weather conditions, within-county heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498592
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Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide
Sascha O, Becker; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2015
In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about … afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 … suicide. We address issues of bias from mental illness, misreporting, weather conditions, within-county heterogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212081
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Economic and social cohesion in the South-East of Romania
Ailenei, Dorel; Cristescu, Amalia - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius / Oeconomica 9 (2013) 4, pp. 152-162
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244714
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How to develop in a sustainable way : some problems related to social cohesion in Kazakhstan
Matuszkiewicz, Renata - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 13 (2013) 2, pp. 199-213
In the paper, the rapid economic growth due to expanding oil production in Kazakhstan at the turn of the twentieth century is discussed in the context of social polarization and growing disparities. Causes of the weakness of social cohesion are elaborated related to privatization, corruption,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247590
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Ethnic diversity, public goods provision and social cohesion : lessons from an inconclusive literature
Schaeffer, Merlin - 2013
Over the last two decades there has been a growing debate on the supposedly negative relation between ethnic diversity, public goods production and social cohesion. Despite the amount of evidence, existing in-depth qualitative reviews conclude that the literature is inconclusive. Advancing upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010195349
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Post-crisis monetary policy and social cohesion
Tomkiewicz, Jacek - 2014
Goal of the text is show that although non-standard monetary policy conducted by major central banks is quite efficient in stabilizing post-crisis economy, there are few important side effects of such policy. One of the most important side effect of superexpansionary monetary policy is creating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010426614
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The preserving effect of social protection on social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Kenya
Strupat, Christoph - 2021 - [1st edition]
This paper examines empirically whether social protection in the form of adapted social assistance programmes are affecting social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using unique primary data from nationally representative, in-person surveys from Kenya allows for the exploration of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012698012
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Aid and social cohesion
Danquah, Michael; Ouattara, Bazoumana - 2021
A plethora of work has been done on the effectiveness of foreign aid. However, virtually none of the previous studies has investigated the impact of aid on social cohesion. Yet, in order to promote the achievement of the targets in SDG 16, donors and global partners of developing countries have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012665377
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Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools : an intervention on perspective taking
Alan, Sule; Baysan, Ceren; Gumren, Mert; Kubilay, Elif - 2020
We evaluate the impact of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools by developing perspective-taking ability in children. The program is implemented in a high-stakes context where the ethnic composition in schools has changed due to a massive influx of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012387528
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An assessment of relations between smart growth and social cohesion in regional dimension
Bal-Domańska, Beata - In: Argumenta oeconomica 40 (2018) 1, pp. 21-52
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