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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 article is the first time that economists have systematically analyzed the determinants of individual involvement in religious activities. This paper establishes a model of utility maximization in multiple periods of the family, including in its meaning the specific manifestation of changes in the religious participation of the family and the division of labor between husband and wife in religious participation. The theory empirically tests the national church membership data and the survey data on the frequency of individuals attending church. The article concludes with a discussion of several extensions to the model and several testable hypotheses that it may produce.