全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): DP14696 Driven by Institutions, Shaped by Culture: Human Capital and the Secularization of Marriage in Italy

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来源类型	Discussion paper
规范类型	论文
来源ID	DP14696
	DP14696 Driven by Institutions, Shaped by Culture: Human Capital and the Secularization of Marriage in Italy
	David de la Croix; Fabio Mariani; Marion Mercier
发表日期	2020-05-03
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	We study the mechanisms behind the process of secularization and how they relate to human capital accumulation. We find a robust, positive correlation between human capital and secularization in marriage. Secularization is more responsive to education (i) in the presence of high levels of social capital and/or weak family ties, and (ii) following the legalization of divorce in 1971. To understand the mechanisms behind these results, we develop a theory of religiosity, education, and marriage choices, in which individuals who divorce face a relatively higher return to human capital compared to religious capital. Our theory suggests that a positive association between human capital and secularization can emerge across individuals (and localities) even in the absence of a direct effect of education on religiosity. Consistent with our empirical findings, the legalization of divorce plays a central role in unleashing the forces of secularization in marriage, and different patterns in the education--secularization nexus can be traced to different systems of incentives, as shaped by civic capital and family ties.
主题	Economic History ; Macroeconomics and Growth
关键词	Secularization Human capital Marriage Divorce
URL	https://cepr.org/publications/dp14696
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/543613
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	David de la Croix,Fabio Mariani,Marion Mercier. DP14696 Driven by Institutions, Shaped by Culture: Human Capital and the Secularization of Marriage in Italy. 2020.