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Religion and polygamy : evidence from the livingstonia mission in Malawi

Kudo, Yuya - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2014

their historical connection with the Arabs. Using the distance-ethnicity (non-Yao) interaction as an IV for women … practicing other religions (Islam and other) or no religion, Christian females are indeed less likely to form polygynous unions …

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Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior

Heineck, Guido - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014

religion enhances prosocial behavior. Evidence from both survey and experimental data however yield mixed results and there is … and church attendance. Despite the historic divide in religion, results in West and East Germany do not differ …

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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 …

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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...

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Are women in the MENA region really that different from women in Europe? Globalization, conservative values and female labor market participation.

Fischer, Justina AV; Aydıner-Avşar, Nursel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

This article aims to compare women in the MENA region with women in Europe as to how globalization affects their conservative values and attitudes, and, thereby, their labor market participation. The authors define conservative values as both religious values and socio-political attitudes...

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The Impact of Institutions, Culture, and Religion on Per Capita Income

Dobler, Constanze - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Statistik, … - 2009

Despite many approaches of neoclassical and endogenous growth theory, economists still face problems in explaining the reasons for income differences between countries. Institutional economics and the deep determinants of growth literature try to depart from pure economic facts to examine...

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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States

García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

several data sets (the International Social Survey Program – ISSP: Module Religion, 2008; the European Social Survey – ESS … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state-religion …

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From Worship to Worldly Pleasures: Secularization and Long-Run Economic Growth

Strulik, Holger - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2012

speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and …

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Disentangling Religiosity : The Impact of Religious Motivators on Business Ethics (A Mixed-Methods Study)

Walter, Yoshija - 2020

Empirical studies confirm that there is a positive effect from a believer's religiosity to business ethics; this effect is presently called the spillover effect. The problem with those studies is that ‘religiosity' is poorly operationalized as a monolithic construct, which does not result in...

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DIALOGO — Religion and Society : Agreements & Controversies

Mirea, Ruxandra - 2017

Religion is the most paradox, intriguing and social active factor in the world history since the beginning of human … society and till the end of it, no matter how evolved or primitive its precepts ever were. For that reason Religion was always … influence over Society is been done by and through Religion. In this case, is Religion a threat for human evolution as seen by …

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