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Economics, religion and happiness

Wirtschaft, Religion und Glück
[journal article]

Steiner, Lasse
Leinert, Lisa
Frey, Bruno S.

Abstract

"Die ökonomische Forschung nutzt bei der Analyse der Religion im Wesentlichen zwei Herangehensweisen. Der erste Ansatz beschäftigt sich mit dem Einfluss der Religion auf die Wirtschaft. Die Religionen beinhalten ein Wertesystem, welches ökonomische Einstellungen und die Produktion beeinflussen. Inne... view more

"Die ökonomische Forschung nutzt bei der Analyse der Religion im Wesentlichen zwei Herangehensweisen. Der erste Ansatz beschäftigt sich mit dem Einfluss der Religion auf die Wirtschaft. Die Religionen beinhalten ein Wertesystem, welches ökonomische Einstellungen und die Produktion beeinflussen. Innerhalb des zweiten Ansatzes wird religiöses Verhalten mit Hilfe ökonomischer Modelle erklärt. Diese zeigen, wie Individuen Nutzen aus Religion ziehen können. Die moderne Glücksforschung ermöglicht es des Weiteren, den Einfluss von Religion auf das subjektive Wohlbefinden empirisch zu messen. Wir bestätigen die positive Korrelation von Religion und Glück für die Schweiz und zeigen, dass vor allem der positive Effekt des Kirchgangs auf das Wohlergehen robust und beträchtlich ist." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"This survey intends to portray the two main approaches of economic research on religion. The first investigates the impact of religion on the economy. Religion and the internalized value system are found to influence economic attitudes output in a favorable way. The second approach is to explain re... view more

"This survey intends to portray the two main approaches of economic research on religion. The first investigates the impact of religion on the economy. Religion and the internalized value system are found to influence economic attitudes output in a favorable way. The second approach is to explain religious behavior with economic models showing how an individual can derive utility from religion. Modern happiness research makes it possible to measure the impact of religion an subjective well-being empirically. The literature finds a positive correlation of religion and happiness, with a robust effect of churchgoing and protestant confession, while the results an internal religiosity are more ambiguous. In our analyses for Switzerland we are able to confirm these results and show that the effect of church going on happiness is quite sizeable." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
Switzerland; well-being; satisfaction; happiness; influence; religion; church; business psychology; economic theory

Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Sociology of Religion
Applied Psychology

Method
theory application; empirical; quantitative empirical

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
p. 9-24

Journal
Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik, 11 (2010) 1

ISSN
1439-880X

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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