TY - JOUR
T1 - The wage effects of being raised in the catholic religion
T2 - Does religion matter?
AU - Ewing, Bradley T.
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - This paper provides new empirical evidence about the existence of a Catholic wage premium. A simple allocation-of-time model provides two explanations for the observation that those persons raised in the Catholic religion earn more than their non-Catholic counterparts. The Catholic religion may add to a person's stock of human capital and/or it may act as a signal of desirable labor market characteristics such as discipline, honesty, trustworthiness, and high motivation.
AB - This paper provides new empirical evidence about the existence of a Catholic wage premium. A simple allocation-of-time model provides two explanations for the observation that those persons raised in the Catholic religion earn more than their non-Catholic counterparts. The Catholic religion may add to a person's stock of human capital and/or it may act as a signal of desirable labor market characteristics such as discipline, honesty, trustworthiness, and high motivation.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0039001889&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1536-7150.00035
DO - 10.1111/1536-7150.00035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0039001889
SN - 0002-9246
VL - 59
SP - 419
EP - 432
JO - American Journal of Economics and Sociology
JF - American Journal of Economics and Sociology
IS - 3
ER -