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The ambivalent role of religion for sustainable development : a review of the empirical evidence
Basedau, Matthias; Gobien, Simone; Prediger, Sebastian - 2017
Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable development. However, empirical … studies have shown that religion remains important in many societies and that its importance has been increasing since the … beginning of the new millennium. This paper reviews the empirical quantitative literature on the effect of religion on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594855
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Suffer for the faith? : parental religiosity and children's health
Popova, Olga - 2016
This paper provides novel evidence on differences in health outcomes of children in religious and non-religious families in Russia. The health indicators analyzed include the subjective health status and anthropometric outcomes. The endogeneity of religiosity is accounted for. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482689
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Religion, growth and innovation in contemporary Russia
Perret, Jens K. - 2014
For many decades culture has been considered to have a significant impact on the productivity of people. This study observes for the Russian Federation, on the basis of the ARENA study by Sreda, the impact of the share of the most prominent religious groups on economic output as well as on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010344832
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Religion, politics, and development : lessons from Europe and the lands of Islam
Platteau, Jean-Philippe - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003409427
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Religion and preferences for government intervention in Russia
Kutyanov, Vladislav - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012311004
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Religiosity and life satisfaction in Russia: evidence from the Russian data
Bryukhanov, Maksym; Fedotenkov, Igor - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795011
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A provocative event, media and religious choice : the Pussy Riot case as a natural experiment
Skorobogatov, Alexander S. - 2014
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The invisible hand plays dice : eventualities in religious markets
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2004
Religious participation is much more widespread in the United States than in Europe, while Europeans tend to view sects more suspiciously than Americans. We propose an explanation for these patterns without assuming differences in preferences or market fundamentals. Religious markets may have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261227
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Job Protection : The Macho Hypothesis
Cahuc, Pierre; Algan, Yann - 2004
This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys, we document that Catholics, Muslims and Orthodoxs are more likely to support such "macho values" than Protestants...
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Understanding the Development of Fundamentalism
Gang, Ira N.; Epstein, Gil S. - 2004
We use economic theory to examine the intensity of fundamentalist sects. Leaders work to enhance their followers? observance level. We model three stylized situations under which fundamentalist groups function, examining the intensity of observance in each. We find that, under reasonable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261982