摘要
本文是首次由经济学家来系统地分析个体参与宗教活动的决定因素。本文建立了家庭多个时期的效用最大化模型,在其含义中包含了家庭宗教参与盛衰变化的具体表现,以及丈夫与妻子在宗教参与上的分工。该理论通过引用全国性的教会成员数据和关于个人出席教堂频率的调查数据进行了经验型检验。文章最后讨论了模型的几个扩展,以及它可能会促生的几个可检验的假说。
This paper presents the first systematic attempt by economists to analyze the determinants of individuals' participation in religious activities.A multiperiod utility-maximizing model of household behavior is developed which includes among its implications the shape of a house-hold's life-cycle religious-participation profile and the division of religious participation between husband and wife.The theory is empirically tested using statewide church-membership data and survey data on individuals' frequency of church attendance.The paper concludes by discussing several extensions of the model which lead to additional potentially testable hypotheses.
出处
《制度经济学研究》
CSSCI
2009年第3期204-233,共30页
Research on Institutional Economics
关键词
来世消费
教会出席
时间分配
afterlife consumption
church attendance
time allocation
