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Familles immigrées et laïcité: une condition de leur intégration?
Ouali, Nouria - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, … - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008585646
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Trade and Geography in the Economic Origins of Islam: Theory and Evidence
Michalopoulos, Stelios; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2010
This research examines the economic origins of Islam and uncovers two empirical regularities. First, Muslim countries, virtual countries and ethnic groups, exhibit highly unequal regional agricultural endowments. Second, Muslim adherence is systematically larger along the pre-Islamic trade...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008587589
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Morality, Ethics and True Image in Business Accounting
BOSTAN, Ionel; COSTULEANU, Carmen; HOROMNEA, Emil; … - In: Theoretical and Applied Economics XVIII(2011) (2011) 6(559), pp. 47-54
By its nature, the accounting field is in a close connection with ethics, morality and religion. The concepts of … morality, ethics and religion are closely connected to each other and at the same time they are complementary. How many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143773
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"Repugnant", "Not Repugnant at All": How the Respective Epistemic Attitudes of Georges Lemaitre and Sir Arthur Eddington Influenced How Each Approached the Idea of a Beginning of t...
Appolloni, Simon - In: IBSU Scientific Journal 5 (2011) 1, pp. 19-44
This paper investigates how the different epistemic attitudes held by scientists George Lemaître and Sir Arthur Eddington decidedly influenced how they conducted their research on cosmology. It demonstrates the degree to which epistemic attitudes matter in scientific research. Though both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144974
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Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and … more parents put effort in transmitting their religiosity, indicating cultural complementarity. For non-religious parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147298
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Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We analyze the intergenerational transmission of the strength of religion focusing on the interplay between family and … more parents put effort in transmitting their religiosity, indicating cultural complementarity. For non-religious parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147399
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Knocking on Heaven’s Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man’s impact on God’s grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147410
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Afraid of God or afraid of man: How religion shapes attitudes toward free riding and fraud
H'MADOUN, Maryam - Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, … - 2011
religion constrains people’s willingness to engage in free riding and fraud, i.e. cheating on taxes, falsely claiming … – of why religion matters for behavior: self-interest, belief prevailing over belonging and a religion with an image of god …-2008) is used to look into whether religion might be a factor shaping people’s attitudes toward free riding, and to what extent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147502
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Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2011
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man’s impact on God’s grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147747
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Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Wößmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
We model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man's impact on God's grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional dataset...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009149144