Superstition, family planning, and human development
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Leonard Dudley & Ulrich Blum, 2001.
"Religion and economic growth: was Weber right?,"
Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 11(2), pages 207-230.
- BLUM, Ulrich & DUDLEY, Leonard, 2001. "Religion and Economic Growth: Was Weber Right?," Cahiers de recherche 2001-05, Universite de Montreal, Departement de sciences economiques.
- Blum, U. & Dudley, L., 2001. "Religion and Economic Growth: Was Weber Right?," Cahiers de recherche 2001-05, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en économie quantitative, CIREQ.
- Welch, Ivo, 1992. "Sequential Sales, Learning, and Cascades," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 47(2), pages 695-732, June.
- Kazuo Yamaguchi, 1989. "A formal theory for male-preferring stopping rules of childbearing: sex differences in birth order and in the number of siblings," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 26(3), pages 451-465, August.
- Anderson, Gary M, 1988. "Mr. Smith and the Preachers: The Economics of Religion in the Wealth of Nations," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 96(5), pages 1066-1088, October.
- Laurence R. Iannaccone, 1998. "Corrigenda [Introduction to the Economics of Religion]," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 36(4), pages 1941-1941, December.
- Wagstaff, Adam & van Doorslaer, Eddy & Watanabe, Naoko, 2003.
"On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam,"
Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 112(1), pages 207-223, January.
- Wagstaff, Adam & Van Doorslaer, Eddy & Watanabe, Naoko, 2001. "On decomposing the causes of health sector inequalities with an application to malnutrition inequalities in Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2714, The World Bank.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2004.
"How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 119(1), pages 249-275.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2002. "How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates?," NBER Working Papers 8841, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Ka-Fu Wong & Linda Yung, 2005. "Do Dragons Have Better Fate?," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 43(3), pages 689-697, July.
- John J. Donohue III & Steven D. Levitt, 2001.
"The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 116(2), pages 379-420.
- Donohue, John J. & Levitt, Steven D., 2000. "The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime," Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series qt00p599hk, Berkeley Olin Program in Law & Economics.
- John Donohue & Steven Levitt, 2000. "The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime," NBER Working Papers 8004, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Laurence R. Iannaccone, 1998. "Introduction to the Economics of Religion," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 36(3), pages 1465-1495, September.
- Joshua D. Angrist & Victor Lavy, 1997. "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement," NBER Working Papers 5888, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Joshua D. Angrist & Victor Lavy, 1999. "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 114(2), pages 533-575.
- Lena Edlund, 1999. "Son Preference, Sex Rations, and Marriage Patterns," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 107(6), pages 1275-1304, December.
- Abhijit V. Banerjee, 1992. "A Simple Model of Herd Behavior," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 107(3), pages 797-817.
- Brown, Philip & Chua, Angeline & Mitchell, Jason, 2002. "The influence of cultural factors on price clustering: Evidence from Asia-Pacific stock markets," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 10(3), pages 307-332, June.
- Yip, Paul S. F. & Lee, Joseph & Cheung, Y. B., 2002. "The influence of the Chinese zodiac on fertility in Hong Kong SAR," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 55(10), pages 1803-1812, November.
- Jungmin Lee & Myungho Paik, 2006. "Sex preferences and fertility in South Korea during the year of the horse," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 43(2), pages 269-292, May.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Michael Lokshin & Sergiy Radyakin, 2012.
"Month of Birth and Children’s Health in India,"
Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 47(1), pages 174-203.
- Lokshin , Michael & Radyakin, Sergiy, 2009. "Month of Birth and Children's Health in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4813, The World Bank.
- Monica Das Gupta & Woojin Chung & Li Shuzhuo, 2009. "Evidence for an Incipient Decline in Numbers of Missing Girls in China and India," Population and Development Review, The Population Council, Inc., vol. 35(2), pages 401-416, June.
- David Stifel & Marcel Fafchamps & Bart Minten, 2011.
"Taboos, Agriculture and Poverty,"
Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(10), pages 1455-1481.
- David Stifel & Marcel Fafchamps & Bart Minten, 2009. "Taboos, agriculture and poverty," CSAE Working Paper Series 2009-15, Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford.
- Wilman Javier Iglesias Pinedo & Bladimir Carrillo Bermudez, 2016.
"Month Of Birth And Socioeconomic Outcomes Of Adults: Evidence From Brazil,"
Anais do XLIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 43rd Brazilian Economics Meeting]
196, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics].
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Pavol Minárik, 2013. "Ekonomie náboženství a její relevance pro ekonomy ve střední Evropě [Economics of Religion and its Relevance for Economists in Central Europe]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2013(5), pages 691-704.
- Mohammad Tariq Al Fozaie, 2023. "Behavior, religion, and socio-economic development: a synthesized theoretical framework," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-15, December.
- Janine Höhener & Christoph A. Schaltegger, 2012. "Religionsökonomie: eine Übersicht," CREMA Working Paper Series 2012-08, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
- Abellán, Miguel, 2023. "Catholics, Protestants and Muslims: Similar work ethics, different social and political ethics," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(3), pages 778-815.
- Rupasingha, Anil & Chilton, John b., 2009. "Religious adherence and county economic growth in the US," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 438-450, October.
- Yan Lau, 2019. "The dragon cohort of Hong Kong: traditional beliefs, demographics, and education," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 32(1), pages 219-246, January.
- Marcus Noland, 2003. "Religion, Culture, and Economic Performance," Working Paper Series WP03-8, Peterson Institute for International Economics.
- Baele, Lieven & Farooq, Moazzam & Ongena, Steven, 2014.
"Of religion and redemption: Evidence from default on Islamic loans,"
Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 141-159.
- Ongena, Steven & Baele, Lieven & Farooq, Moazzam, 2011. "Of Religion and Redemption: Evidence from Default on Islamic Loans," CEPR Discussion Papers 8504, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Baele, L.T.M. & Farooq, Moazzam & Ongena, S.R.G., 2014. "Of religion and redemption : Evidence from default on Islamic loans," Other publications TiSEM b5dfdcea-ddd7-425f-8618-8, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management.
- Libertad González & Berkay Özcan, 2013.
"The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior,"
Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 48(2), pages 404-434.
- González, Libertad & Özcan, Berkay, 2008. "The Risk of Divorce and Household Saving Behavior," IZA Discussion Papers 3726, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- González, Libertad & Özcan, Berkay, 2008. "The risk of divorce and household saving behavior," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 38463, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Libertad González Luna & Berkay Özcan, 2008. "The risk of divorce and household saving behavior," Economics Working Papers 1111, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- M. Leroch & C. Reggiani & G. Rossini & E. Zucchelli, 2012.
"Religious attitudes and home bias: theory and evidence from a pilot study,"
Working Papers
wp811, Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna.
- Martin Leroch & Carlo Reggiani & Gianpaolo Rossini & Eugenio Zucchelli, 2012. "Religious attitudes and home bias: theory and evidence from a pilot study," Economics Discussion Paper Series 1206, Economics, The University of Manchester.
- Opfinger, Matthias & Gundlach, Erich, 2011.
"Religiosity as a determinant of happiness,"
Open Access Publications from Kiel Institute for the World Economy
48360, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
- Erich Gundlach & Matthias Opfinger, 2012. "Religiosity as a determinant of happiness," Research Papers in Economics 2012-06, University of Trier, Department of Economics.
- Gundlach, Erich & Opfinger, Matthias, 2011. "Religiosity as a determinant of happiness," GIGA Working Papers 163, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
- Opfinger, Matthias & Gundlach, Erich, 2011. "Religiosity as a determinant of happiness," Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Berlin 2011 63, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics.
- Gundlach, Erich & Opfinger, Matthias, 2011. "Religiosity as a determinant of happiness," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-467, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
- León, Anja Köbrich & Pfeifer, Christian, 2017.
"Religious activity, risk-taking preferences and financial behaviour: Empirical evidence from German survey data,"
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 99-107.
- Anja Koebrich Leon & Christian Pfeifer, 2013. "Religious Activity, Risk Taking Preferences, and Financial Behaviour: Empirical Evidence from German Survey Data," Working Paper Series in Economics 269, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
- Henry Eyring, 2020. "Disclosing Physician Ratings: Performance Effects and the Difficulty of Altering Ratings Consensus," Journal of Accounting Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 58(4), pages 1023-1067, September.
- Charles G. Leathers & J. Patrick Raines, 2011. "Natural religion and “moral capitalism”," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 38(4), pages 330-340, March.
- Laeven, Luc & Popov, Alexander & Sievert, Clara, 2024.
"Is religion an inferior good? Evidence from fluctuations in housing wealth,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 217(C), pages 705-725.
- Laeven, Luc & Popov, Alexander & Sievert, Clara, 2023. "Is Religion an Inferior Good? Evidence from Fluctuations in Housing Wealth," CEPR Discussion Papers 18671, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Dehejia, Rajeev & DeLeire, Thomas & Luttmer, Erzo F.P., 2007.
"Insuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(1-2), pages 259-279, February.
- Dehejia, Rajeev & DeLeire, Thomas & Luttmer, Erzo F. P., 2005. "Insuring Consumption and Happiness through Religious Organizations," Working Paper Series rwp05-047, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
- Rajeev Dehejia & Thomas DeLeire & Erzo F.P. Luttmer, 2005. "Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations," NBER Working Papers 11576, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Ianina Rossi & Máximo Rossi, 2004. "Religión," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1704, Department of Economics - dECON.
- Tom Wilkening, 2009. "The Informational Properties of Institutions: An Experimental Study of Persistence in Markets with Certification," Department of Economics - Working Papers Series 1087, The University of Melbourne.
- Xu, Xixiong & Li, Yaoqin & Liu, Xing & Gan, Weiyu, 2017. "Does religion matter to corruption? Evidence from China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 34-49.
- Quy-Toan Do & Tung D. Phung, 2010.
"The Importance of Being Wanted,"
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 2(4), pages 236-253, October.
- Quy-Toan Do & Tung Duc Phung, 2010. "The Importance of Being Wanted," Working Papers id:2515, eSocialSciences.
More about this item
Keywords
Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Youth and Governance; Adolescent Health; Population Policies; Gender and Social Development;
All these keywords.NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2006-09-11 (Development)
- NEP-HEA-2006-09-11 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2006-09-11 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-SOC-2006-09-11 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:4001. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Roula I. Yazigi (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/dvewbus.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.