The effect of political violence on religiosity

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2014, vol. 104, issue C, 64-83

Abstract: This paper studies how politically motivated violence associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict affects religiosity among Jews and Muslims in Israel. In order to explore this relationship I link data from the Israeli Social Surveys to information on Israeli conflict-related fatalities by date and location of survey interviews. The analysis, which covers the period 2002–2010, yields robust evidence that violence makes both Jewish and Muslim Israelis self-identify as more religious.

Keywords: Political violence; Religiosity; Israel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.10.006

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