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来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w28821
来源ID	Working Paper 28821
	Religious Festivals and Economic Development: Evidence from the Timing of Mexican Saint Day Festivals
	Eduardo Montero; Dean Yang
发表日期	2021-05-24
出版年	2021
语种	英语
摘要	Does variation in how religious festivals are celebrated have economic consequences? We study the economic impacts of the timing of Catholic patron saint day festivals in Mexico. For causal identification, we exploit cross-locality variation in festival dates and in the timing of agricultural seasons. We estimate the impact of “agriculturally-coinciding” festivals (those coinciding with peak planting or harvest months) on long-run economic development of localities. Agriculturally-coinciding festivals lead to lower household income and worse development outcomes overall. These negative effects are likely due to lower agricultural productivity, which inhibits structural transformation out of agriculture. Agriculturally-coinciding festivals may nonetheless persist because they also lead to higher religiosity and social capital.
主题	History ; Labor and Health History ; Development and Growth ; Development ; Other ; Culture
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w28821
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/586495
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Eduardo Montero,Dean Yang. Religious Festivals and Economic Development: Evidence from the Timing of Mexican Saint Day Festivals. 2021.

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