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The bicausal relation between religion and income
- Source :
- Applied Economics, Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00036840802600442⟩, Applied Economics, 43(11), 1351-1363. Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2011.
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Abstract
- In this paper the relation between religion and income is investigated using a micro-dataset for the Netherlands. Religiosity is measured by religious membership and by participation. Instead of estimating separately a religion and an income equation, joint regression is preferred since this generally yields more efficient estimates. Following the single equation approach, both religious measures are found to decrease significantly income and income is found to affect negatively religion. However, these cross-effects get insignificant once the equations are simultaneously estimated. In contrast, the effects of socio-economic characteristics on religion and income hardly differ between both approaches.This discussion paper has resulted in a publication in Applied Economics.
- Subjects :
- National Economy
Economics and Econometrics
Volkswirtschaftstheorie
jel:Z12
Economics
Distribution (economics)
Affect (psychology)
Religiosity
National economy
Income distribution
ddc:330
Econometrics
Social Sciences & Humanities
Socioeconomics
Relation (history of concept)
Mathematics
business.industry
Wirtschaft
Contrast (statistics)
jel:H31
Regression
Income
Religious Membership
Religious Participation
Single equation
Demographic economics
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14664283 and 00036846
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Economics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....877ca36021e42eeac3d82a116457871e