Economics of Religion and Culture
Organized by Daniel M. Hungerman
Supported by the John Templeton Foundation
March 8-9, 2013
NBER in Cambridge

Friday, March 8

1

Learning Capitalism the Hard Way---Evidence from Germany's Reunification

Thomas Triebs, Loughborough University
Justin Tumlinson, University of Exeter

2

The Effect of Political Violence on Religiosity: Evidence from Israel

Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University

3

Religiosity and State Welfare

Angela K. Dills, Western Carolina University
Rey Hernandez-Julian, Metropolitan State University of Denver

4

How Do Rights Revolutions Occur? Theory and Evidence from First Amendment Jurisprudence, 1958-2008

Daniel Chen, Toulouse School of Economics
Susan Yeh, George Mason University

5

Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults

Sanjeev Kumar, Yale University
Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

6

The Effect of Education on Religion: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

Daniel M. Hungerman, University of Notre Dame and NBER