Religion, Growth and Innovation in Contemporary Russia

Jens K. Perret ()
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Jens K. Perret: European Institute for International Economic Relations at the University of Wuppertal

No SDP14006, Schumpeter Discussion Papers from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library

Abstract: For many decades culture has been considered to have a significant impact on the productivity of people. This study observes for the Russian Federation, on the basis of the ARENA study by Sreda, the impact of the share of the most prominent religious groups on economic output as well as on regional innovativeness measured by patent grants from Rospatent. While some issues of causality remain, the analysis shows that standard deductions concerning the religions effect on growth from religious doctrines hold true for the regions oft he Russian Federation as well. The effects on regional patenting, however, are not as clear.

Keywords: russian federation; religious values; economic growth; patenting; culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 P24 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2014-04
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