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Do Institutions, Inequality and Religious Beliefs Affect Cadaveric versus Live- Kidney Harvesting

Caglayan, Mustafa; Anbarci, Nejat - Department of Economics, University of Sheffield - 2007

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Reed, C.G.; Bekar, C.T. - 1997

consumption smoothing problem; solving the problem; is the responsability of the monopoly religion; consumption via the capital …

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Strategic Choice of Celibacy in the Catholic Church

Benz, Men-Andri; Franck, Egon; Meister, Urs - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2005

Since the middle ages celibacy is a necessary commitment when considering becoming a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. In the ongoing discussions about reforms, a wide range of church members ask for the abolishment of celibacy in order to meet believers? changed social and moral standards...

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Markets in China and Europe on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution

Keller, Wolfgang; Shiue, Carol Hua - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Current orthodoxy suggests that the Industrial Revolution began in Europe because European institutions promoted comparatively high levels of market efficiency. This Paper compares the actual efficiency of markets in Europe and China, two regions of the world that were relatively advanced in the...

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From Farmers to Merchants: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish Economic History

Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

the first half of the millennium, we build a model in which Jewish men choose education, occupation, religion and location …

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Implications of the Economics of Religion to the Empirical Economic Research

Mangeloja, Esa - EconWPA - 2003

This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to …. This survey analyzes the economic consequences of religion, the two-way interrelationship between religious and economic … in economic development. Changes in belief systems, which in many cases will be forms of religion, also can significantly …

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RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF OSUMENYI TOWN(NNEWI SOUTH LGA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA}

NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2005

THIS PAPER ENUNERATES THE SEQUENTIAL HISTORIC ORIGIN OF OSUMENYI VILLAGE AND ITS CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS AND ECONOMIC PRACTICES. IN OTHERWORDS, THE PAPER WILL HELP TO CLARIFY SOME OF THE SOCIO-POLITICAL CHANGES AND ECONOMIC CHANGES THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE IN OSUMENYI'S HISTORY. THE PAPER RECOMMENDS THE...

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Konsum im Jenseits?

Schlicht, Ekkehart - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Many contributions to the economics of religion postulate an "afterlife consumption motive." People are assumed to …

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Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process

Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...

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An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio

Chiswick, Carmel U. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular … education. Applications include the tension between science and religion during the European Enlightenment and the development …

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