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87 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13946
Environmental Engagement, Religion and Spirituality in the Context of Secularization
Marie Briguglio, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13511
Explaining Post-Cold-War Civil Conflict among 17 Billion Models: The Importance of History and Religion
Michael Jetter, Rafat Mahmood, Christopher F. Parmeter, Andres Ramirez Hassan
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13371
Religion in Economic History: A Survey
Sascha O. Becker, Jared Rubin, Ludger Woessmann
forthcoming in: Handbook of Historical Economics, ed. by Alberto Bisin and Giovanni Federico
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13193
Prussia Disaggregated: The Demography of its Universe of Localities in 1871
Sascha O. Becker, Francesco Cinnirella
published in: Journal of Demographic Economics, 2020, 86(3): 259-290.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13192
The Role of Faith and Faith Schooling in Educational, Economic, and Faith Outcomes
Andrew McKendrick, Ian Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12921
Enhancing Employability by Responding to Work Motives: Lessons from a Field Experiment among Israeli Ultra-Religious Women
Yael Goldfarb, Shoshana Neuman
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12911
Habemus Papam? Polarization and Conflict in the Papal States
Francisco J. Pino, Jordi Vidal-Robert
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12630
Conflicting Identities: Cosmopolitan or Anxious? Appreciating Concerns of Host Country Population Improves Attitudes Towards Immigrants
Tobias Heidland (né Stöhr), Philipp Wichardt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12066
The Effect of Superstition on Health: Evidence from the Taiwanese Ghost Month
Martin Halla, Chia-Lun Liu, Jin-Tan Liu
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11633
The Evolution of Catholic-Protestant Labour Market Inequality in Northern Ireland, 1983-2014
Neil Rowland, Duncan McVicar, Ian Shuttleworth
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11417
Anti-Muslim Discrimination in France: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Marie-Anne Valfort
forthcoming in: World Development
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10675
Natural Shocks and Marriage Markets: Evolution of Mehr and Dowry in Muslim Marriages
Shyamal Chowdhury, Debdulal Mallick, Prabal Roy Chowdhury
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10609
Honesty toward the Holy Day
Ronen Bar-El, Yossef Tobol
published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 68, 13-17
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10569
Religious Pluralism and the Transmission of Religious Values through Education
Danny Cohen-Zada, Todd E. Elder
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10269
Adherence to Cultural Norms and Economic Incentives: Evidence from Fertility Timing Decisions
Bastien Chabé-Ferret
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9672
Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
forthcoming in: Society and Economy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9652
Religion and Depression in Adolescence
Jane Cooley Fruehwirth, Sriya Iyer, Anwen Zhang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9616
Religion, Discrimination and Trust
Swee Hoon Chuah, Simon Gächter, Robert Hoffmann, Jonathan H. W. Tan
revised version published in European Economic Review 90, November 2016, 280-301; doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.03.008
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9522
Religious Riots and Electoral Politics in India
Sriya Iyer, Anand Shrivastava
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9500
The Impact of Missionary Type on the English Language Proficiency and Earnings of Immigrants
Nicholas Larsen, Barry R. Chiswick
published as 'The impact of exposure to missionaries on the English language proficiency and earnings of immigrants in the USA' in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40 (4), 574 - 590
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9320
The New Economics of Religion
Sriya Iyer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9244
Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis: Religion and Female Employment over Time
Justina A.V. Fischer, Francesco Pastore
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9177
Christianity and Infant Health in India
Nidhiya Menon, Kathleen McQueeney
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8975
Religion and Innovation
Roland Benabou, Davide Ticchi, Andrea Vindigni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8497
Terrorism and the Media
Michael Jetter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8496
Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior
Guido Heineck
revised version published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44(7), 869 - 883
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8494
Fetus, Fasting, and Festival: The Persistent Effects of in Utero Social Shocks
Xi Chen
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014, 3: 165-169, DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8293
Girls for Sale? Child Sex Ratio and Girls Trafficking in India
Nishith Prakash, Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
forthcoming in: Feminist Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8163
Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey
Arno Tausch, Almas Heshmati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8111
Is Religion Associated with Entrepreneurial Activity?
Andrew Henley
published as 'Does Religion Influence Entrepreneurial Behaviour?' in: International Small Business Journal, 2017, 35 (5), 597 - 617
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8092
Immigrants and Religion
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Barry R. Chiswick and Paul W. Miller (eds.), Handbook on the Economics of International Immigration, 1A, Elsevier, 2015
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8017
Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country
Resul Cesur, Naci Mocan
published as 'Education, religion, and voter preference in a Muslim country' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 31 (1), 1-44
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8016
Education Promoted Secularization
Sascha O. Becker, Markus Nagler, Ludger Woessmann
published as ''Education and Religious Participation: City-Level Evidence from Germany's Secularization Period 1890-1930' in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2017, 22 (3), 273-311
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 forthcoming in the Journal of Economic Growth
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
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 forthcoming in: Economic Journal
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
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
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