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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Lisa A Keister |
ISBN: | 9780521896511 0521896517 9780521721103 0521721105 |
OCLC Number: | 766256961 |
Description: | xii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | 1. Religion and wealth; 2. Family and human capital processes; 3. Works, occupation, and income; 4. Wealth I: new worth and real assets; 5. Wealth II: financial assets, liabilities, and multivariate models; 6. Upward mobility and assimilation; 7. Notable achievement; 8. A truly complex relationship; 9. Conclusion: how much is enough? |
Other Titles: | How religious belief contributes to wealth and poverty |
Responsibility: | Lisa A. Keister. |
Abstract:
This book explores the way religious orientations and beliefs affect Americans' incomes, savings and net worth.
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'This book is engagingly written with evidence to substantiate each claim. Undergraduate and graduate students will find [it] very insightful, as well as policy makers who are interested in gaining an understanding of not only the economic parity, but also the religious implications of the differentiation in wealth ownership.' Elijah Obinna, Religion Read more...
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