Influential Factors on Religious Expenditures in Urban and Rural Regions of Iran: Barro’s Approach
Abstrak
Investigating the behavior of religious households is among the important subjects in Islamic countries. As there are religious expenditures in consumption basket, recognizing factors affecting these expenditure is significantly important. By using income-expenditure data, and probit method, this paper is analyzing the case of Iran, in urban and rural regions during 2014. The variables include payment to charity funds, age, literacy level, household dimensions, employment, marriage situation, and home ownership. The results show that there is a positive and significant relationship between the above variables and the religious payments. The household dimension, however, does indicate a negative impact on religious payments. The literacy in rural areas and employment in urban areas do have much more impact relatively. Finally, this research is an implicit testing of Barro’s hypothesis (negative relationship between religious behavior at one hand and prosperity and literacy on the other).
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (3)
Yadollah Dadgar
Rouhollah Nazari
Fatemeh Fahimifar
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2016
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.22054/ijer.2016.7235
- Akses
- Open Access ✓