Religion, Human Capital Investments and the Family in the United States
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religiosity; religion;JEL classification:
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HRM-2009-07-17 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2009-07-17 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-LTV-2009-07-17 (Unemployment, Inequality & Poverty)
- NEP-SOC-2009-07-17 (Social Norms & Social Capital)
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