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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP9709
	DP9709 Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of Spaniards
	Shoshana Neuman; Pablo Brañas-Garza; Antonio M. Espin
发表日期	2013-10-27
出版年	2013
语种	英语
摘要	This study explores the effect of several personal religion-related variables on social behaviour, using three paradigmatic economic games: the dictator (DG), ultimatum (UG), and trust (TG) games. A large carefully designed sample of a Spanish urban adult population (N=766) is employed. From participants? decisions in these games we obtain measures of altruism, bargaining behaviour and sense of fairness/equality, trust, and positive reciprocity. Three dimensions of religiosity are examined: (i) religious denomination; (ii) the intensity of religiosity, measured by active participation at church services; and (iii) converting out into a different denomination than the one raised in. The major results are: (i) individuals with ?no religion? made decisions closer to rational selfish behaviour in the DG and the UG compared to those who affiliate with a ?standard? religious denomination; (ii) among Catholics, intensity of religiosity is the key variable that affects social behaviour insofar as religiously-active individuals are generally more pro-social than non-active ones; and (iii) the religion raised in seems to have no effect on pro-sociality, beyond the effect of the current measures of religiosity. Importantly, behaviour in the TG is not predicted by any of the religion-related variables we analyse. Given the accelerating share of ?no religion? individuals (in Europe and elsewhere) and the large influx of immigrants ? who tend to be more religiously active compared to the native populations ? our findings have significant implications for the future pro-sociality patterns in Europe.
主题	Labour Economics ; Public Economics
关键词	Church attendance Economic experiments Pro-social behaviour Religion Spain
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp9709
来源智库	Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/538545
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shoshana Neuman,Pablo Brañas-Garza,Antonio M. Espin. DP9709 Effects of religiosity on social behaviour: Experimental evidence from a representative sample of Spaniards. 2013.