Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior
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- Heineck, Guido, 2014. "Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers 8496, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
Religion; prosocial behavior; Germany;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2015-01-03 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2015-01-03 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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