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Economic freedom and religion : an empirical investigation

Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas - 2016

, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic …

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Conversionary protestants do not cause democracy

Nikolova, Elena; Polansky, Jakub - 2020

In "The Missionary Roots of Liberal Democracy", Robert D. Woodberry (2012) claims that the emergence of stable democracies around the world was influenced by conversionary Protestantism. While Woodberry's historical analysis is exhaustive, the accompanying empirical evidence suffers from severe...

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Fifty years a-growing : economic history and demography in the ESR

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2019

This paper surveys publications in the fields of economic history and demography in the ESR since 1969. Numbering sixty in all, they cover a broad chronological and thematic range. Some of these papers never attracted much notice, but stand as useful sources for future historians. A few have...

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Secularization and long-run economic growth

Strulik, Holger - 2015 - Revised Version: March 2015

This paper integrates a simple theory of identity choice into a framework of endogenous economic growth to explain how secularization can be both cause and consequence of economic development. A secular identity allows an individual to derive more pleasure from consumption than religious...

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Religion and economic development : past, present, and future

Becker, Sascha O.; Serwaah-Panin, Amma; Pfaff, Steven; … - 2025

This chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion's influence … countries, religion remains influential worldwide, with projected growth in Muslim populations due to higher fertility rates …. Religion continues to shape societal norms and institutions, such as education and politics, even after its direct influence …

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Religion and economic development : past, present, and future

Becker, Sascha O.; Serwaah-Panin, Amma; Pfaff, Steven; … - 2025

This chapter examines the role of religion in economic development, both historically and today. Religion’s influence … countries, religion remains influential worldwide, with projected growth in Muslim populations due to higher fertility rates …. Religion continues to shape societal norms and institutions, such as education and politics, even after its direct influence …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015326257

Egalitarian Religion and Economics

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010

The role of women in the ritual of many religions changed dramatically at the end of the 20th century, to the point where full participation by women was the norm by 2000 rather than the rarity that it had been 30 years earlier. This paper considers some aspects of the economic context that help...

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In the name of god : managing risk in Islamic finance

Cattelan, Valentino - 2014

In Against the gods: the remarkable story of risk (1996), Peter L. Bernstein illustrates how the mastery of risk has driven modern Western society into converting 'the future from an enemy into an opportunity'. Far from being an antagonist, as the unpredictable whim of gods or mysterious fate,...

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Religion and development in post-famine Ireland

Henderson, Stuart - 2016

This paper employs a variety of economic and financial indicators to examine the relationship between Roman Catholicism and Irish development in the Post-Famine period. County-level decennial data are used for all census years from 1871 to 1911, and Catholicism is instrumented using the distance...

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Socialism : The Failed Idea That Never Dies

Niemietz, Kristian Peter - 2021

Socialism is popular in the UK – not just among students, but also among people in their 30s and 40s. This is confirmed by survey after survey. Surveys also show that support for socialism in general terms is matched by support for a broad range of individual policies that could reasonably be...

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