Economics of Religion and Culture

Daniel M. Hungerman, Organizer

March 8-9, 2013

NBER in Cambridge

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 8
1
Thomas Triebs, Loughborough University
Justin Tumlinson, University of Exeter

Learning Capitalism the Hard Way---Evidence from Germany's Reunification
2
Asaf Zussman, Hebrew University

The Effect of Political Violence on Religiosity: Evidence from Israel
3
Angela K. Dills, Western Carolina University
Rey Hernandez-Julian, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Religiosity and State Welfare
4
Daniel Chen, Toulouse School of Economics
Susan Yeh, George Mason University

How Do Rights Revolutions Occur? Theory and Evidence from First Amendment Jurisprudence, 1958-2008
5
Sanjeev Kumar, Yale University
Jason Fletcher, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Religion and Risky Health Behaviors among U.S. Adolescents and Adults
6
Daniel M. Hungerman, University of Notre Dame and NBER

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