We investigate the relationship between religion and trust. Using a questionnaire, we measure: i) general religiosity, and; ii) the extent of religious beliefs, experience, and ritual. These are then analyzed with behaviour in a trust game (Berg et al., Games and Economic Behaviour, 1995), which...

In the Solidarity Game (Selten and Ockenfels, 1998), two "rich" persons can support a "poor" one. A strong positive correlation between one rich person's solidarity contribution and his expected contribution of the other is observed. This paper investigates the causality behind this correlation....

"The labour market in Germany is predominated by the full-time standard employment relationship. Nevertheless, since the reunification at the latest we observe a continuous increase in part-time employment. On the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) from 1991 to 2006, we investigate...