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Human capital affects religious identity: causal evidence from Kenya
Alfonsi, L. ; Bauer, Michal ; Chytilová, Julie ; Miguel, E.
We study how human capital and economic conditions causally affect the choice of religious denomination. We utilize a longitudinal dataset monitoring the religious history of more than 5,000 Kenyans over twenty years, in tandem with a randomized experiment (deworming) that has exogenously boosted education and living standards. The main finding is that the program reduces the likelihood of membership in a Pentecostal denomination up to 20 years later when respondents are in their mid-thirties, while there is a comparable increase in membership in traditional Christian denominations. The effect is concentrated and statistically significant among a sub-group of participants who benefited most from the program in terms of increased education and income. The effects are unlikely due to increased secularization, because the program does not reduce measures of religiosity. The results help explain why the global growth of the Pentecostal movement, sometimes described a “New Reformation”, is centered in low-income communities.
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Economic Conditions for Sport Centre Foundation
Vojáčková, Jana ; Janák, Vladimír (advisor) ; Chmelařová, Petra (referee)
Title: Economic Conditions for Sport Centre Foundation Objectives: Objectives of this thesis is to set up establishment model of sport facility in border town of České Velenice. To achieve the goal it is necessary to define individual steps and to describe the activities related to foundation of new business entity. The intention is to create a sport offer that is missing in the town. This offer would fill the gap in the market and it would also reflect requirements of current and potential customers. The point is to determinate an entrepreneurial vision. Methods: In this thesis methods of descriptive analysis, observation and inquiry were used. Methods - descriptive analysis and observation - were applied to characteristics of the town of České Velenice with the objective to evaluate preconditions for the new business entity. Crucial tool to find out wishes and needs of residents within considered sport facility was implementation of written questionnaire. SWOT analysis was afterwards used for final assessment of risks and anticipated successes. Results: Based on the characteristics of the town of České Velenice and written inquiry was found that in the town and its surroundings there is no device that offers access to excellent sports facilities. There are enough people interested in sport as...
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Economic Conditions for Sport Centre Foundation
Vojáčková, Jana ; Janák, Vladimír (advisor) ; Chmelařová, Petra (referee)
Title: Economic Conditions for Sport Centre Foundation Objectives: Objectives of this thesis is to set up establishment model of sport facility in border town of České Velenice. To achieve the goal it is necessary to define individual steps and to describe the activities related to foundation of new business entity. The intention is to create a sport offer that is missing in the town. This offer would fill the gap in the market and it would also reflect requirements of current and potential customers. The point is to determinate an entrepreneurial vision. Methods: In this thesis methods of descriptive analysis, observation and inquiry were used. Methods - descriptive analysis and observation - were applied to characteristics of the town of České Velenice with the objective to evaluate preconditions for the new business entity. Crucial tool to find out wishes and needs of residents within considered sport facility was implementation of written questionnaire. SWOT analysis was afterwards used for final assessment of risks and anticipated successes. Results: Based on the characteristics of the town of České Velenice and written inquiry was found that in the town and its surroundings there is no device that offers access to excellent sports facilities. There are enough people interested in sport as...
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