Arbeitspapier
Religiosity as a determinant of happiness
We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our interpretation of the empirical results is that the indifference curves for religiosity and other commodities of the utility function are hump-shaped.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GIGA Working Papers ; No. 163
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
General Welfare; Well-Being
Cultural Economics: Religion
Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- Thema
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happiness
religiosity
utility function
long-run development
Zufriedenheit
Religion
Einkommensverteilung
Nutzenfunktion
Statistische Verteilung
Welt
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Gundlach, Erich
Opfinger, Matthias
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
- (wo)
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Hamburg
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Gundlach, Erich
- Opfinger, Matthias
- German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)
Entstanden
- 2011
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