...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. Donka Mirtcheva Brodersen can be contacted at: mirtchev@tcnj.edu 27 08...

... and adults). Similarly, Walker (2003) also analyses several aspects of religion and morality and conclude that the religious experience is important in moral functioning. Subsequently, Roccas (2005) also highlights a high degree of correlation between religious diversity and moral values...

... 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...

... 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...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Religion Sustainability Social economy Entrepreneurship Management Human development Luc de Brabandere makes a distinction between innovation and creativity. Innovation is to change reality. It requires...

... 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. Religion Germany Wages Michael Kortt can be contacted at: michael.kortt@scu.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 In this study, we use data drawn from four...

... 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...

... Christians in their emerging adulthood in the USA. They examined 18-29 years olds of Mormons (n=118), Catholics (n=304), and Non-Catholic Christians (n=542) and studied their contexts of volunteering in terms of religion, family, and secular. They found out that the frequency of volunteering...

...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...

... and Perl (2005) , however, argue that among conservative congregations, this degree of imbalance is reduced. In this paper, we incubate a dummy variable on fundamentalism (FUND) to capture this difference. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Religion Well being Social choice...

...Ian Harper Robert H.   Nelson . The New Holy Wars: Economic Religion vs Environmental Religion in Contemporary America . University Park, PA : The State University of Pennsylvania Press   2010 . 388+xxiv pp. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 --> Religion...

... variables inferred by the state of the art; and second, thus capturing the overall economic meaning of the cultural factor (not just one aspect of it) for local socio‐economic development. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Germany Economic growth National economy Culture Religion Local...

... with a religion have no tie to a congregation. These surveys suggest that, in addition to those who declare themselves as not belonging to any religion, there are many adults who affiliate in name only, but have no ties to actually attending a particular service. Individuals belonging to these groups...

... 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...