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100 1 $aDehejia, Rajeev H.$q(Rajeev Harsha)
245 10 $aInsuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations$h[electronic resource] /$cRajeev Dehejia, Thomas DeLeire, Erzo F.P. Luttmer.
260 $aCambridge, MA :$bNational Bureau of Economic Research,$cc2005.
490 1 $aNBER working paper series ;$vworking paper 11576
538 $aSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
538 $aMode of access: World Wide Web.
500 $aTitle from PDF file as viewed on 8/30/2005.
530 $aAlso available in print.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 3 $a"This paper examines whether involvement with religious organizations insures an individual's stream of consumption and of happiness. Using data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX), we examine whether households who contribute to a religious organization are able to insure their consumption stream against income shocks and find strong insurance effects for whites. Using the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), we examine whether individuals who attend religious services are able to insure their stream of happiness against income shocks and find strong happiness insurance effects for blacks but smaller effects for whites. Overall, our results are consistent with the view that religion provides an alternative form of insurance for both whites and blacks though the mechanism by which religious organizations provide insurance to each of these groups appears to be different"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
650 0 $aReligions$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHappiness$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aHappiness$xReligious aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aReligious institutions$zUnited States.
700 1 $aDeLeire, Thomas C.
700 1 $aLuttmer, Erzo F. P.
710 2 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 $aWorking paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;$vworking paper no. 11576.
856 40 $uhttp://papers.nber.org/papers/W11576