Religious Participation: Does It Matter for Sustainable Culture and Entertainment Consumption?

Yugang He, Jingnan Wang and Baek-Ryul Choi
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Yugang He: College of Commerce, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
Jingnan Wang: College of Economics, Qufu Normal University, Rizhao 276826, China
Baek-Ryul Choi: College of Commerce, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-16

Abstract: Previous research has studied the correlations between income, education, and sustainable culture and entertainment consumption. The correlation between religion as an informal institution and culture and entertainment consumption is often neglected. Based on this background, this paper attempts to explore the correlation between religious participation (as a proxy for religion) and three kinds of sustainable culture and entertainment consumption. Using the data from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2017 to perform empirical analysis, it is found that religious participation is negatively correlated with the sustainable culture and entertainment consumption. Two-stage least squares and propensity score matching method were employed, verifying the robustness of this result. Additionally, the full sample was divided into sub-samples to discuss the heterogeneous correlation between religious participation and sustainable culture and entertainment consumption. The results suggest that in the low income group and the low marketization degree group, religious participation is most relevant to the sustainable culture and entertainment consumption. This paper contributes to enriching current research.

Keywords: religious participation; sustainable culture and entertainment consumption; two-stage least squares; propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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