...Ted Cléophane Ngassa Purpose High levels of youth unemployment in Africa, the difficulty of accessing salaried jobs, and the weakness of public institutions in charge of employment issues push youths towards informal channels that can help them find jobs. Among these informal channels, religion...

...Marc von der Ruhr Purpose The USA has long been known to provide a competitive environment in which religions compete for believers. The data clearly show winners and losers in this marketplace. Major Christian denominations are generally experiencing a decline in membership while religious “nones...

...: the research on religion and wealth and the research on wealth losses and the Great Recession. It is also the first paper to explore the religion–wealth relationship after the Great Recession and along the wealth distribution. RQ1. Did wealth differences among religious affiliation groups hold...

... of the authors’ knowledge – the first results for Australia. 17 05 2016 17 10 2016 19 10 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The economics of religion is becoming an increasingly rewarding avenue of inquiry for economists...

... India Religion Banking Credit In the wake of the crisis, a significant volume of research has been undertaken towards understanding the various facets of bank behaviour. For example, several papers have explored the role of competition in impacting bank lending (Schaeck et al., 2010...

... by church affiliation and church attendance and the prosociality aspects addressed. Despite the historic divide in religion, the results in West and East Germany do not differ substantially in terms of the underlying mechanisms. Originality/value The paper complements the growing literature from...

... breeds greed and exploitation” and that spirituality enhances awareness, belongingness and commitment (Nandram, 2010 , p. ix). 26 06 2015 29 09 2015 13 10 2015 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Religion...

... that religious active participation plays a relevant role among the different aspects of religiosity; moreover, having a strong religious identity such as, at the same time, belonging to any religion, attending religious services once a week or more and believing that religion makes a great difference in life...

...’ knowledge – the first results on the wage premium received by Catholic men and women in the German labour market. Michael Kortt can be contacted at: michael.kortt@scu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Religion Germany Wages Studies of economics and religion have become...

... on a by religion basis, it is revealed that Protestant females are penalized, by far the most. Practical implications – The result is comparable with the pattern uncovered in the USA for Conservative Protestant females. Unlike what can be expected, no statistically significant difference is detected between...

...Giuseppina Autiero; Concetto Paolo Paulo Vinci Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how rulers by supporting religion influence the growth of human capital and physical capital. Design/methodology/approach – The authors consider a model where the government, on the one hand...

... at: alan.chan@crandallu.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Religion Economic philosophy/theory Voluntary donations and worship attendance [1] are two important indicators of the health of a Christian church. Donations are essential to churches because without adequate revenue...

...Maryam Dilmaghani Purpose – Does religiosity impact wages differently for males and females? Does the impact on wage of different dimensions of religiosity, namely the importance of religion, the frequency of religious practice with others and individually, differ for men and women? The paper...

...Ron Berger; Ram Herstein Purpose – Religion and culture can influence ethical behavior in business. It is suggested that there has been and continues to be, a deep interrelationship between religion, business ethics, and economic activity in India. As India is becoming a major global economic...

...Charles G. Leathers; J. Patrick Raines Purpose – Because belief in a supernatural agent with extraordinary power is rooted in psychology, Veblen's instinct psychology was the essential basis for his evolutionary economics of religion. The innate behavioral traits that Veblen called instincts...

... categories and using 38 years of pooled data in the US General Social Survey. Religion Well being Social choice © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Christianity has been, or had been, influencing the American culture in many ways throughout history [1] . A significant portion...

... killed 90‐95 percent of all cattle, sheep and goats on the continent, and the creation of some of the greatest game reserves on earth is a gem. It is a timely reminder that secular religions also have embarrassing episodes in their histories that their adherents might prefer not to discuss at dinner...

... Economic growth National economy Culture Religion Local economies Resources Culture has long been a sensitive topic in economic literature, because of theoretical and empirical limitations. The prevailing institutional theoretical input (Veblen, 1899, 1909 ; Polanyi, 1968, 1957 ; Minsky...

... of the model's predictions. Originality/value The paper serves to illustrate the dynamic process by which megachurches attract new attendees and transform those that find a good fit between their needs and what the church offers into full members of the church. Megachurches Quality signalling Religion...

... for demographic, behavioural and human capital variables. Examining the cross‐religion differential in earnings and human capital return, Muslims' earnings are found to be significantly lower compared to the average. Muslims' wage gap is explained by their immigrant status. Originality/value This paper...