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In this paper I consider how individuals allocate their time between church attendance (and other religious activities) and secular leisure activities. Moreover individuals use a cognitive style, which is either intuitive-believing or reflective-analytical. I assume that the full benefit from...
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by declining religiosity. In order to explain this phenomenon, we integrate into standard R&D-based growth theory a micro … labor share in R&D and gradually increasing productivity growth. We use these insights to reflect on trends in religiosity …
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, bargaining behaviour and sense of fairness/equality, trust, and positive reciprocity. Three dimensions of religiosity are … examined: (i) religious denomination; (ii) the intensity of religiosity, measured by active participation at church services … with a "standard" religious denomination; (ii) among Catholics, intensity of religiosity is the key variable that affects …
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, bargaining behaviour and sense of fairness/equality, trust, and positive reciprocity. Three dimensions of religiosity are … examined: (i) religious denomination; (ii) the intensity of religiosity, measured by active participation at church services … with a "standard" religious denomination; (ii) among Catholics, intensity of religiosity is the key variable that affects …
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This paper identifies a new source of differences in religiosity: the presence of future tense marking in language. We … less likely to be religious and to take up the short-term costs associated with religiosity. What is likely to drive this …
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This paper integrates a simple theory of identity choice into a framework of endogenous economic growth to explain how secularization can be both cause and consequence of economic development. A secular identity allows an individual to derive more pleasure from consumption than religious...
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In medieval times, most people identified with religious values and aggregate income and productivity grew at glacier speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and unprecedented rates. The present paper develops a simple...
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Most micro-level studies on the impact of agricultural technologies build on cross-section data, which can lead to unreliable impact estimates. Here, we use panel data covering two time periods to estimate the impact of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector. TC...
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Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female...
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