ABSTRACT

Religious doctrines may guide individual attitudes and preferences, including risk behaviour among others. We estimate the effect of religion on the willingness to take risk amongst 1209 rural women in Ghana, and observe that, whereas religious affiliation influences the decision to engage in risk, it does not in any way influence the level of risk taking thereafter. Specifically, we find that relative to the non-religious, religious affiliation of a woman influences her willingness to engage in risk negatively; however, we find very little difference in such willingness to engage in risk between the different religious groups.

中文翻译：

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宗教对加纳农村妇女危险行为的影响：来自对照现场实验的证据

摘要

宗教教义可以指导个人的态度和偏好，包括风险行为等。我们估计了宗教对加纳 1209 名农村妇女的冒险意愿的影响，并观察到，虽然宗教信仰会影响参与风险的决定，但它绝不会影响此后的冒险程度。具体来说，我们发现相对于女性的非宗教信仰，宗教信仰会负面影响她参与风险的意愿；然而，我们发现不同宗教团体之间的冒险意愿差异很小。