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Economics, Religion, and Culture : A Brief Introduction
Chen, Daniel L. - 2017
In this introduction we will avoid laboring over a definition of the “Economics of Religion & Culture,” but this will …
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Paradise postponed : future tense and religiosity
Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Tarverdi, Yashar; Weber, Clas - 2020
This paper identifies a new source of differences in religiosity: the presence of future tense marking in language. We argue that the rewards and punishments that incentivise religious behaviour are less effective for speakers of languages that contain future tense marking. Consistent with this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181116
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Religion and polygamy : evidence from the livingstonia mission in Malawi
Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014
practicing other religions (Islam and other) or no religion, Christian females are indeed less likely to form polygynous unions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010929172
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Religion and Innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011213308
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Is fatalism a cultural belief? An empirical analysis on the origin of fatalistic tendencies
Ruiu, Gabriele - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
religion on fatalistic beliefs seem to be an important element determining fatalistic tendencies. However there are not large …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258730
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265295
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Culture and Public Goods : The Case of Religion and the Voluntary Provision of Environmental Quality
Owen, Ann L.; Videras, Julio - 2006
Using data from approximately 11,000 individuals in 14 different OECD regions, we find that culture, as expressed by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056674
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Religion, Culture and Economic Performance
Noland, Marcus - 2004
rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014073545
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Religion, Culture, and Economic Performance
Noland, Marcus - 2004
rejected at conventional levels of statistical significance (i.e., religion matters), but no robust relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014074365
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Chapter 21. Religion, Culture, and Development
Aldashev, Gani; Platteau, Jean-Philippe - In: Handbook of the economics of art and culture : volume 2, (pp. 587-631). 2014
role of religion in human societies from a development economics perspective. We start by reviewing the contributions that … directly and through the effect of religion on institutions. Next, we summarize the literature that considers adherence to and … chooses to influence the contents of religion and the intensity of its dogmas. More precisely, we consider situations in which …
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