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dc.contributor.authorOpfinger, Matthiasen
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-11-
dc.date.accessioned2010-08-03T13:11:47Z-
dc.date.available2010-08-03T13:11:47Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/37135-
dc.description.abstractDespite all economic and social transitions that have occurred in the last centuries we still find that people go to church. Somehow religious beliefs have not vanished over time. Since there is no material reward for going to church or praying religiosity has to create utility through other means. It could raise peoples' personal well-being. In this paper we use information from the World Values Survey about subjective happiness and life satisfaction. We relate this information to revealed religiosity and measure if religiosity makes people happier. We use different methods and also control for economic factors, family matters, health, and democracy. The key finding is that there seems to be a U-shaped relationship between personal well-being and religiosity, especially so for happiness. This result is consistent throughout all our estimations. Our analysis also gives hints that higher income might lead to higher subjective well-being.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aKiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) |cKielen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKiel Advanced Studies Working Papers |x455en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordPersonal well-beingen
dc.subject.keywordhappinessen
dc.subject.keywordlife satisfactionen
dc.subject.keywordreligiosityen
dc.subject.keywordU-shaped relationshipen
dc.subject.stwReligionen
dc.subject.stwLebenszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwLebensstandarden
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleReligiosity and personal well-being: People can be happy with or without religion-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn627765211en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:ifwasw:455en

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