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104 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7976
A Tale of Minorities: Evidence on Religious Ethics and Entrepreneurship from Swiss Census Data
Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco
substantially revised version published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2016, 21 (2), 189-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7946
The Effect of Behavioral Codes and Gender on Honesty
Yuval Arbel, Ronen Bar-El, Erez Siniver, Yossef Tobol
published as 'Roll a Die and Tell a Lie: What Affects Honesty?' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 107, 153-172
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7683
Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Antonio M. Espín, Shoshana Neuman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7511
After the Farm Crisis: Religiosity in the Rural United States
Wafa Hakim Orman
published as 'Religiosity and Financial Crises in the United States' in: Journal of the Scientific Study of Religion, 2019, 58 (1), 20-46
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7434
Sinners or Saints? Preachers' Kids and Risky Health Behaviors
Jason J. Delaney, John V. Winters
published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2014, 35 (4), 464-476
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7356
Ora et non Labora? A Test of the Impact of Religion on Female Labor Supply
Francesco Pastore, Simona Tenaglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7259
Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Christine Binzel, Jean-Paul Carvalho
revised version published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (607), 2553 - 2580
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7254
The Labor Market Behavior of Married Women with Young Children in the U.S.: Have Differences by Religion Disappeared?
Evelyn L. Lehrer, Yu Chen
published in Keister, L. and Sherkat, D. (eds.): Religion and Inequality in America - Research and Theory on Religion's Role in Stratification. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7218
The Religious Affiliation and Anti-Semitism of Secondary School Swedish Youths: A Statistical Analysis of Survey Data from 2003 and 2009
Pieter Bevelander, Mikael Hjerm, Jenny Kiiskinen
published in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2015, 38 (15), 2705-2721.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7188
Competition vs. Monopoly in the Religious Marketplace: Judaism in the United States and Israel
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Robert M. Sauer (ed.), The Economics of Religion, World Scientific, 2023, 147-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7151
Not the Opium of the People: Income and Secularization in a Panel of Prussian Counties
Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
published in: American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, 2013, 103 (3), 539-544
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7115
Peaceful Coexistence? The Role of Religious Schools and NGOs in the Growth of Female Secondary Schooling in Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2013, 49 (2), 223-237
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6953
Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium
Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2014, 27 (4), 1039-1086
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6552
What Happened to God's Time? The Evolution of Secularism and Hours of Work in America, Evidence from Religious Holidays
Fernando A. Lozano
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6421
Gender, Economic Development and Islam: A Perspective from France
Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort
published in: Economics and Politics, 2015, 26 (1), 79-95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6384
Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman
revised version published as 'Bridges or Buffers? Motives behind Immigrants' Religiosity' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2013, 2:23. A different revised version published as 'Immigration-Religiosity Intersections at the Two Sides of the Atlantic: Europe and the United States' in: Constant A. and Zimmermann K. (eds.), International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, 2013, Eward Elgar Publishing
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6122
"One Muslim is Enough!" - Evidence from a Field Experiment in France
Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, Marie-Anne Valfort
published in: Annals of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 121-122, 121-160
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6114
The Implications of Cultural Background on Labour Market Choices: The Case of Religion and Entrepreneurship
Luca Nunziata, Lorenzo Rocco
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5787
Social Networks and Parental Behavior in the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion
Eleonora Patacchini, Yves Zenou
published in: Quantitative Economics, 2016, 7, 969-995.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5773
Knocking on Heaven's Door? Protestantism and Suicide
Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
published as 'Social Cohesion, Religious Beliefs, and the Effect of Protestantism on Suicide 'in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 100(3), 377-391
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5724
Religiosity and Migration: Travel into One's Self versus Travel across Cultures
Mariya Aleksynska, Barry R. Chiswick
published as 'The Determinants of Religiosity among Immigrants and the Native Born in Europe' in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11 (4), 563-598; reprinted in: The Economics of Cultural Diversity, 2015, edited by Peter Nijkamp et al.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5716
Poisoning the Mind: Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water Wells and Children's Educational Achievement in Rural Bangladesh
Niaz Asadullah, Nazmul Chaudhury
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2011, 30 (5), 873-888
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5215
Religion and Child Health
Barry R. Chiswick, Donka M. Mirtcheva
published in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2013, 34 (1), 120-140
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5184
Happiness and Financial Satisfaction in Israel: Effects of Religiosity, Ethnicity, and War
Bernard M. S. van Praag, Dmitri Romanov, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (6), 1008-1020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5142
Ethnic Fragmentation, Conflict, Displaced Persons and Human Trafficking: An Empirical Analysis
Randall K. Q. Akee, Arnab K. Basu, Nancy H. Chau, Melanie Khamis
published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing: 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5068
How Economics Helped Shape American Judaism
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 646-662
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5024
School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions: International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling
Oliver Falck, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Small Business Economics, 2013, 40 (2), 459-478
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4980
The Evolution of Secularization: Cultural Transmission, Religion and Fertility Theory, Simulations and Evidence
Ronen Bar-El, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman, Yossef Tobol
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), 1129-1174
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4904
Egalitarian Religion and Economics
Carmel U. Chiswick
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4902
The Cult of Theoi: Economic Uncertainty and Religion
Paul Frijters, Juan D. Barón
published in: Economic Record, 2012, 88, 116-136
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4868
Economics and Religion
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Rhona C. Free (ed.), 21st Century Economics: A Reference Handbook, Sage Publications: 2010
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4597
Dynamic Ethnic Fractionalization and Economic Growth in the Transition Economies from 1989 to 2007
Nauro F. Campos, Ahmad Saleh, Vitaliy S. Kuzeyev
published in: Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 2011, 20 (2),129-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4590
The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
Barry R. Chiswick
published in: Aaron Levine (ed.), Judaism and Economics, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp. 625-645
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4459
Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4446
Assortative Mating and Divorce: Evidence from Austrian Register Data
Wolfgang Frimmel, Martin Halla, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 2013, 176(4), 907–929
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4089
Faith Primary Schools: Better Schools or Better Pupils?
Stephen Gibbons, Olmo Silva
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2011, 29 (3) , 589-635
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4067
Religion and Intimate Partner Violence in Chile: Macro- and Micro-Level Influences
Evelyn L. Lehrer, Vivian L. Lehrer, Ramona Krauss
published in: Social Science Research, 2009, 38(3), 635-643
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3915
Authentic Happiness Theory Supported by Impact of Religion on Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis with Data for Germany
Bruce Headey, Jürgen Schupp, Ingrid Tucci, Gert G. Wagner
published in: Journal of Positive Psychology, 2010, 5 (1), 73-82
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3837
Luther and the Girls: Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia
Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2008, 110 (4), 777–805
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3818
"Every Catholic Child in a Catholic School": Historical Resistance to State Schooling, Contemporary Private Competition, and Student Achievement across Countries
Martin R. West, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(546), F229-F255
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3636
The Effect of Prayer on God's Attitude Toward Mankind
James J. Heckman
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48 (1), 234-235
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3251
Unravelling Secularization: An International Study
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman
revised version, published as: 'Determinants of Disaffiliation: An International Study', in: Religions, 2013, 4(1), 166-185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2977
Young People’s Attitudes towards Muslims in Sweden
Pieter Bevelander, Jonas Otterbeck
published in: Ethnic and Racial Studies, 2010, 33 (3), 404 - 425
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2886
Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History
Sascha O. Becker, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(2), 531-596
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2822
On the Dynamics of Ethnic Fractionalization
Nauro F. Campos, Vitaliy S. Kuzeyev
published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2007, 51(3), 620-639
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2350
Clash of Cultures: Muslims and Christians in the Ethnosizing Process
Amelie F. Constant, Liliya Gataullina, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Laura V Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2301
The Earnings of American Jewish Men: Human Capital, Denomination and Religiosity
Barry R. Chiswick, Jidong Huang
published in: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2008, 47 (4), 694-709
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2192
Is Fertility Related to Religiosity? Evidence from Spain
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Shoshana Neuman
revised version published as 'Is Fertility Indeed Related to Religiosity? A Note on: 'Marital Fertility and Religion in Spain, 1985 and 1999' ' in: Population Studies, 2007, 60 (2), 219-224
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2183
Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Shoshana Neuman
published in: Revista Internacional de Sociologia, 2011, 69 (3), 649-677 in English
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1456
An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2006, 24, 449-467
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