TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Akay, Alpaslan
AU  - Karabulut, Gökhan
AU  - Martinsson, Peter
        TI  - The Effect of Religiosity and Religious Festivals on Positional Concerns: An Experimental Investigation of Ramadan
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6172
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6172
        AB  - This paper examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments. We focus on two of the dimensions of religion – degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By conducting the experiments during both the most important day of Ramadan (the Night of Power) and a day outside Ramadan, we find that Ramadan overall has a small and negative impact on positional concerns. Detailed analyses based on the sorting of individuals' degree of religiosity reveal that the decrease in the degree of positional concerns during Ramadan is mainly explained by a decrease in positionality among individuals with a low degree of religiosity. We also discuss the broader welfare implications of our findings.
        KW  - Ramadan
KW  - positional concerns
KW  - religion
KW  - Islam
        ER  -