Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58564 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6172
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments. We focus on two of the dimensions of religion - degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By conducting the experiments during both the most important day of Ramadan (the Night of Power) and a day outside Ramadan, we find that Ramadan overall has a small and negative impact on positional concerns. Detailed analyses based on the sorting of individuals' degree of religiosity reveal that the decrease in the degree of positional concerns during Ramadan is mainly explained by a decrease in positionality among individuals with a low degree of religiosity. We also discuss the broader welfare implications of our findings.
Subjects: 
positional concerns
religion
Ramadan
Islam
JEL: 
C90
D63
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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