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Religious Market Theory vs. Secularization: The Role of Religious Diversity Revisited
Opfinger, Matthias - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2011
with high religious diversity the level of overall religiosity should increase. The Secularization Hypothesis suggests that … the establishment of new churches casts doubt on the existing religion, which results in a reduction of religiosity. The … present paper reinvestigates this relationship using a broader measure of religiosity than church attendance and calculating a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009142589
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National identity and religious diversity
Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias - 2012 - This version: 4 December 2012
We construct a simple index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples' attitudes towards the nation. We then analyze the relationship between national identity and religious diversity. The results show that religious diversity is significantly and negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010356039
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In the Nation We Trust: National Identity as a Substitute for Religion
Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias - 2012
We construct an index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples' attitudes concerning politics and to the state itself. We then analyze the relationship between our new measure of national identity and social heterogeneity. The results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294437
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National Identity and Religious Diversity
Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias - 2012
We construct a simple index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples' attitudes towards the nation. We then analyze the relationship between national identity and religious diversity. The results show that religious diversity is significantly and negatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327769
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In the Nation We Trust: National Identity as a Substitute for Religion
Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, Leibniz … - 2012
We construct an index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples’ attitudes concerning politics and to the state itself. We then analyze the relationship between our new measure of national identity and social heterogeneity. The results indicate that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010769237
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National Identity and Religious Diversity
Harttgen, Kenneth; Opfinger, Matthias - Fach Volkswirtschaftslehre, Universität Trier - 2012
We construct a simple index for national identity using information from the World Values Survey on peoples’ attitudes towards the nation. We then analyze the relationship between national identity and religious diversity. The results show that religious diversity is significantly and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720383
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Religious Market Theory vs. Secularization: The Role of ReligiousDiversity Revisited
Opfinger, Matthias - Universität <Hannover> / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche … - 2011
with high religious diversity the level of overall religiosity should increase. TheSecularization Hypothesis suggests that … the establishment of new churches casts doubt on the existingreligion, which results in a reduction of religiosity. The … present paper reinvestigates this relationshipusing a broader measure of religiosity than church attendance and calculating a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302588
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Religious Diversity and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: So Far So Good
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Agbor, Julius Agbor - In: Journal of African Development 16 (2014) 1
This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We regroup these outcomes into three broad categories, namely, development process outcomes (growth, investment, conflict, and government quality), institutional outcomes (property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010938848
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Religious Diversity and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: So Far So Good
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Agbor, Julius Agbor - In: Journal of African Development 16 (2014) 1
This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We regroup these outcomes into three broad categories, namely, development process outcomes (growth, investment, conflict, and government quality), institutional outcomes (property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010941217
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Religious Diversity and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: So Far So Good
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Agbor, Julius - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We regroup these outcomes into three broad categories, namely, development process outcomes (growth, investment, conflict, and government quality), institutional outcomes (property...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258326