Does Religion Distract the Poor?
Does Religion Distract the Poor?
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宗教会分散穷人的注意力吗？
DOI：
10.1177/0010414007313114
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发表时间：
2008
影响因子：
5
通讯作者：
Jonathan Rodden
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作者：
A. De La O;Jonathan Rodden
本文探讨宗教是否破坏了民主的标准政治经济学模型中假设的收入和左翼投票之间的负关系。对跨国调查数据的分析表明，在采用比例代表制的国家，宗教人士之间的这种相关性消失了。这在很大程度上是因为道德价值观与收入的相关性与经济价值观的相关性大小相等，但符号相反，宗教人士的投票更好地解释了他们对道德问题的立场，而不是经济问题，特别是在多党制国家。作者最后讨论了再分配理论的含义。
This article asks whether religion undermines the negative relationship between income and left voting that is assumed in standard political economy models of democracy. Analysis of cross-country survey data reveals that this correlation disappears among religious individuals in countries that use proportional representation. This is the case in large part because there is a moral values dimension that has a correlation with income that is equal in magnitude but has the opposite sign as the economic dimension, and the votes of the religious are better explained by their positions on moral than economic issues, especially in countries with multiparty systems. The authors conclude by discussing implications for theories of redistribution.