Arbeitspapier
Religion and Cooperation across the Globe
Social science research has stressed the important role of religion in sustaining cooperation among non-kin. We contribute to this literature with a large-scale empirical study documenting the relationship between religion and cooperation. We analyze newly available, experimentally validated, and globally representative data on social preferences and world religions (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism). We find that individuals who report believing in such religions also exhibit more prosocial preferences, as measured by their levels of positive reciprocity, altruism and trust. We further document heterogeneous patterns of negative reciprocity and punishment—two key elements for cooperation—across world religions. The association between religion and prosocial preferences is stronger in more populous societies and weaker in countries with better institutions. The interactive results between these variables point again towards the substitutability between religious and secular institutions, when it comes to sustaining cooperation.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 16026
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General‡
Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: Public Economics
Cultural Economics: Religion
- Thema
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religion
prosociality
human cooperation
population
institutions
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Caicedo, Felipe Valencia
Dohmen, Thomas
Pondorfer, Andreas
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2023
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Caicedo, Felipe Valencia
- Dohmen, Thomas
- Pondorfer, Andreas
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2023
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