Religion, personality, or none of them? Exploratory evidence on their correlations with economic preference parameters.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous empirical research in the social sciences suggests sizable differences across religious denominations for various outcomes of interest, such as educational attainment, marital stability, wealth, or fertility. A small body of previous experimental literature has investigated possible differences in economic preference parameters (including time preference and risk attitude) between religious denominations that might explain those differences.

Methods

This research adds to the extant literature on religion and preferences by including information on subjects' Big Five personality traits and analyzing potential correlations with loss aversion. It combines experimental data from incentivized choices with information on religious affiliation during high scho

SUBMITTER: Bessey D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11338016 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature