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Willingness to work and religious beliefs in Europe

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse to what extent religious beliefs, understood as part
of an individual’s cultural background, can explain an individual’s willingness to work. In particular
the paper links individuals’ willingness to increase their working time with their religious
denomination and their religious commitment. This relationship is studied in six European countries
that have different religious structures: two countries with two significant religious groups (Germany
and France), two Catholic countries (Ireland and Poland) and finally, two Lutheran states (Norway
and Sweden).
Design/methodology/approach – Using data provided by the International Social Survey
Programme 2007 – “Leisure Time and Sports” module [ISSP-2007], the paper estimates ordered probit
models for each country separately.
Findings – The paper finds that there is not a unique link between religious beliefs and habits and the
self-declared inclination to devote more time to paid work. First, the paper finds a positive association
between religious involvement and an individual’s self-declared willingness to work in Catholicdominated
countries. Second, this relationship is less pronounced in Protestant countries, where
non-religious people are less inclined towards paid work than Protestants. Third, in France, Catholics
are the most inclined towards paid work, especially those with high levels of religious involvement.
Finally, the paper does not find any significant difference between Catholics and Protestants
in Germany.
Originality/value – The role of religion has been largely ignored in economics for decades. This
paper adds to the growing literature on the effects of religious beliefs and behaviour on economic
outcomes.

Keywords Religion, willingness to work, Cultural economics

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Judul Seri

International Journal of Manpower

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: Emerald Group., 2014

Deskripsi Fisik

International Journal of Manpower Vol. 35 No. 1/2, 2014 pp. 147-165

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English

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