Can Religion Save Our Health?: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the U.S
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DOI: 10.23895/kdijep.2018.40.1.31
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Keywords
U.S.; Religious Participation; Subjective Health; Blue Law; Causal Inference; Instrumental Variable;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- K20 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - General
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