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Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology—together with standard growth models to frame the role of religion in economic growth. Unifying a growing literature, we argue that religion can enhance or impinge upon economic...

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Does Religiosity Affect Multidimensional Poverty? Evidence from World Values Survey (2010-2014)

Ali, Salman Syed - 2019

Based on macro-level observations that high religiosity is associated with lower economic growth, it is generally … assumed that religiosity contributes to poverty. However, this conjecture may not be true because religion provides motivation … a measure of multidimensional poverty based on deprivation counting approach and a measure of religiosity based on faith …

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Occidentalism, Terrorism, and the Shari’a State : New Multivariate Perspectives on Islamism Based on International Survey Data

Tausch, Arno - 2017

Our article attempts to be yet another empirical contribution to the evolving international debate about global Islamist terrorism. We rely on the analysis of PEW and World Values Survey data from Muslim publics in different countries around the globe to analyze by multivariate promax factor...

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Historical Missionary Activity, Schooling, and the Reversal of Fortunes : Evidence from Nigeria

Okoye, Dozie - 2014

This paper shows that historical missionary activity has had a persistent effect on schooling outcomes, and contributed to a reversal of fortunes wherein historically richer ethnic groups are poorer today. Combining contemporary individual-level data with a newly constructed dataset on mission...

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Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data

Tausch, Arno - 2016

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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Waqf-Based Social Micro Venture Fund : A Proposal for the Malay-Muslim Community in Singapore

Hamber, Norliana - 2018

Abstract. The institution of waqf in Singapore is limited from playing a broader developmental role in society, especially with respect to the ethnic Malay community who consistently underperformed when measured against key socio-economic indicators. It maintains a largely religious orientation,...

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Corporations

Dane, Perry - 2020

This essay on Corporations is a chapter in an upcoming volume on economic theology edited by Stefan Schwarzkopf.The secular study of corporations has long regularly focused on three sets of concerns: (1) Is the idea of corporate “personhood” only a convenient shorthand for a complex set of...

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Missionary Activity and Schooling in Former African Colonies : How Competition Mattered

Gallego, Francisco A.; Woodberry, Robert D. - 2010

Using regional data for about 180 African provinces, we find that measures of Protestant missionary activity in the past are more correlated with schooling variables today than similar measures of Catholic missionary activity, as previous papers have suggested. However, we find that this effect...

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Religiosity and Long-Run Productivity Growth

Herzer, Dierk; Strulik, Holger - 2020

motivated by declining religiosity. In order to explain this phenomenon, we integrate into standard R&D-based growth theory a … the trends in religiosity and R&D-based growth in the very long run, from Enlightenment to the present day …

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Family Types and Political Development

Gutmann, Jerg; Voigt, Stefan - 2020

Many years ago, Emmanuel Todd argued that differences in family organization – specifically the rules of inheritance, the number of generations living under one roof, and endogamous marriage – are reflected in the organization of the state. He also argued that different family types lead to...

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