In this Handbook, leading scholars demonstrate the application of the economics of religion approach to topics on human capital, the state regulation of religion, economic aspects of religion, and how religious markets function. The chapters also provide a discussion of new data sets and methods of measuring religious participation and beliefs. INDICE: List of Contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1: The Economics of Religion as a Field of Inquiry - Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University; Part II: Religion and Human Capital; 2: Religion, Human Capital Investments, and the Family in the United States - Evelyn L. Lehrer, University of; Illinois at Chicago; 3: Religious Norms, Human Capital, and Money Lending in Jewish European history - Maristella Botticini, Università Bocconi, and Zvi Eckstein, Tel AvivUniversity; 4: Islam and Human Capital Formation: Evidence from Pre-Modern Science - Eric Chaney, Harvard University; 5: The Effects of the Protestant Reformation on Human Capital - Sascha O. Becker University of Stirling and Ludger Woessman, University of Munich; 6: Religion and the Spread of Human Capital and Political Institutions: Christian Missions as a Quasi-Natural Experiment - Robert D. Woodberry, University of Texas at Austin; Part III: The Nature of Religious Economies; 7: Towards Better Measures of Supply and Demand for Testing Theories of Religious Participation - Dan Olson, Purdue University; 8: Immigrants, Migration, and Religious Economies - Darren E. Sherkat, University of Southern Illinois; 9: On the (Lack of) Stability of Communes: An Economic Perspective - Ran Abramitzky, Stanford University; 10: The Economics of Sainthood (A Preliminary Investigation) - Robert J. Barro, Harvard University, Rachel M. McCleary, Harvard University, and Alexander McQuoid, Columbia University; 11: Onthe Socioeconomic Consequences of Religious Strife and Coexistence - Murat Iyigun, University of Colorado; Part IV: Regulation of the Religion Market; 12: Religion under Communism: State Regulation, Atheist Competition, and the Dynamics of Supply and Demand - Steven Pfaff, University of Washington; 13: Rethinking the Study of Religious Markets - Daniel M. Hungerman, Notre Dame; 14: Religion and Civil Liberties in the United States - Anthony Gill, University of Washington; 15: Secularization and Economic Models of Religious Behavior - SteveBruce, University of Aberdeen; Part V: Economic Aspects of Religion; 16: The Political Economy of the Medieval Church - Robert B. Ekelund, Robert F. Hébert, Auburn University, and; Robert D. Tollison, Clemson University; 17: Funding the Faiths: Toward a Theory of Religious Finance - Laurence R. Iannaccone, Chapman University, and; Feler Bose, Alma College; Part VI: Data Sets on Religion; 18: Data and Directions for Research in the Economics of Religion - Roger Finke, Pennsylvania State University,; and Christopher D. Bader, Baylor University; 19: International Religious Demography: An Overview of Sources and Methodology - Todd M. Johnson, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Brian Grim, Pew Forum; Index
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- Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
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