Insuring consumption and happiness through religious organizations

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 259-279

  Dehejia, Rajeev ^a,b   DeLeire, Thomas ^c,d   Luttmer, Erzo F P ^b,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Macroeconomic Analysis Division   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal insurance; Religion; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845230139     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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