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Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviours

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  • Roman, Monica

    (Bucharest University of Economic Studies)

  • Zimmermann, Klaus F.

    (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, GLO, CEPR)

  • Plopeanu, Aurelian-Petrus

    (Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi)

Abstract

Under communism, identity-providing religion was suppressed, but today religiosity is strong even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to addictive behaviours like smoking, drinking and drugs among the young. This study shows that not religion as such or internal religiosity, but largely observable (external) religiosity prevents them from wallowing in those vices.

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  • Roman, Monica & Zimmermann, Klaus F. & Plopeanu, Aurelian-Petrus, 2021. "Religiosity, smoking and other addictive behaviours," MERIT Working Papers 2021-027, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    • Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2021027
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    Keywords

    addictive behaviour; Orthodox; external and internal religiosity; youth; smoking; drinking; drugs; Romania;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • N34 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: 1913-
    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion

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