| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w19768 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 19768 |
| Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan | |
| Filipe R. Campante; David H. Yanagizawa-Drott | |
| 发表日期 | 2013-12-26 |
| 出版年 | 2013 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | We study the economic effects of religious practices in the context of the observance of Ramadan fasting, one of the central tenets of Islam. To establish causality, we exploit variation in the length of the fasting period due to the rotating Islamic calendar. We report two key, quantitatively meaningful results: 1) longer Ramadan fasting has a negative effect on output growth in Muslim countries, and 2) it increases subjective well-being among Muslims. We then examine labor market outcomes, and find that these results cannot be primarily explained by a direct reduction in labor productivity due to fasting. Instead, the evidence indicates that Ramadan affects Muslims' relative preferences regarding work and religiosity, suggesting that the mechanism operates at least partly by changing beliefs and values that influence labor supply and occupational choices beyond the month of Ramadan itself. Together, our results indicate that religious practices can affect labor supply choices in ways that have negative implications for economic performance, but that nevertheless increase subjective well-being among followers. |
| 主题 | Macroeconomics ; Consumption and Investment ; Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Development and Growth ; Growth and Productivity ; Other ; Culture |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w19768 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577442 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Filipe R. Campante,David H. Yanagizawa-Drott. Does Religion Affect Economic Growth and Happiness? Evidence from Ramadan. 2013. |
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