Comments on: Religious identity and economic behavior

By: Of God and Money « Eat Right

Of God and Money « Eat Right — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:24:45 +0000

[...] hardest for wages in a labor market game. Consider it evidence for the Protestant work ethic. (HT: Chris Blattman) Share this [...]

By: Jean Joseph Leandre

Jean Joseph Leandre — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:08:13 +0000

Thank you for your post, it is an interesting paper. As we know, religious conducts have been for a long period of times kept apart from the economic field. However, until recently we have been witnessed a tendency, from some prominent scholars, to link religious behavior to economics inquiries. Study shown that Protestantism encourages capital accumulation, consequently labor is a moral duty and morality followed from religious ethics will reduce the level of corruption thus increasing economic development. Whereas Catholicism because of its hierarchical status according to (La Porta 1997); relegated a negative effect on GDP and government efficiency. Finally I agree with the author that the debate about religionâ€™s effect on economic outcomes has being hindered by the difficulty in identifying exogenous variations in religion.

By: Religious Identity and Economic Behavior « Free Market Mojo

Religious Identity and Economic Behavior « Free Market Mojo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:03:28 +0000

[...] Identity and Economic Behavior Chris Blattman has linked to an interesting paper on religious identity and economic behavior published a few [...]