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Human capital affects religious identity: Causal evidence from Kenya
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SYSNO ASEP 0585308 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Human capital affects religious identity: Causal evidence from Kenya Author(s) Alfonsi, L. (US)
Bauer, Michal (NHU-N) RID
Chytilová, Julie (NHU-N)
Miguel, E. (US)Article number 103215 Source Title Journal of Development Economics. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0304-3878
Roč. 167, March (2024)Number of pages 12 s. Language eng - English Country NL - Netherlands Keywords human capital ; religious identity ; Kenya OECD category Applied Economics, Econometrics R&D Projects GA20-11091S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) LL2303 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support NHU-N - RVO:67985998 UT WOS 001138993100001 EID SCOPUS 85178553706 DOI 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103215 Annotation We study how human capital and economic conditions causally affect the choice of religious denomination. We utilize a longitudinal dataset monitoring the religious history of more than 5000 Kenyans over twenty years, in tandem with a randomized experiment (deworming) that has exogenously boosted education and living standards. The main finding is that the program reduces the likelihood of membership in a Pentecostal denomination up to 20 years later, when respondents are in their mid-thirties, while there is a comparable increase in membership in traditional Christian denominations. The effect is concentrated and statistically significant among a sub-group of participants who benefited most from the program in terms of increased education and income. The effects are unlikely due to increased secularization because the program does not reduce measures of religiosity. The results help explain why the global growth of the Pentecostal movement, sometimes described as a “New Reformation”, is centered in low-income communities. Workplace Economics Institute Contact Tomáš Pavela, pavela@cerge-ei.cz, Tel.: 224 005 122 Year of Publishing 2025 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103215
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