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| Type | Journal Article |
| Scope | Discipline-based scholarship |
| Title | Beyond Work Ethic: Religion, Individual, and Political Preferences |
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| Item Subtype | Original Work |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Status | Published in final form |
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| Journal Title | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy |
| Publisher | American Economic Association |
| Geographical Reach | international |
| ISSN | 1945-774X |
| Volume | 5 |
| Number | 3 |
| Page Range | 67 - 91 |
| Date | 2013 |
| Abstract Text | We investigate the effect of Reformed Protestantism, relative to Catholicism, on preferences for leisure, and for redistribution and intervention in the economy. We use a Fuzzy Spatial Regression Discontinuity Design to exploit a historical quasi-experiment in Western Switzerland, where in the sixteenth century a hitherto homogeneous region was split and one part assigned to adopt Protestantism. We find that Reformed Protestantism reduces referenda voting for more leisure by 14, redistribution by 5, and government intervention by 7 percentage points. These preferences translate into higher per capita income as well as greater income inequality. |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.1257/pol.5.3.67 |
| Other Identification Number | merlin-id:16124 |
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