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23 September, 2024

Socioeconomic Advantage or Community Attachment? A Register-Based Study on the Difference in National Lutheran Church Affiliation Between Finnish and Swedish Speakers in Finland

Journal for the scientific study of religion Abstract Secularization theory has been challenged by research showing religious persistence and upswing in contexts across the world. In Europe, particularl

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & W. Xia
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18 October, 2022

Josef Hien receives prize for his paper on culture and tax avoidance

Why are Italians so reluctant to pay taxes? This is what Josef Hien explores in his paper "Culture and tax avoidance: the Italian case" - for which he has now been awarded the2022 Herbert Gottweis Prize for Best Paper of 2021 by the Critical Policy Studies awards committee. 

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05 December, 2022

New study: This is why Italians are so unwilling to pay taxes

In Western Europe, Italy is at the top when it comes to tax evasion. In 2013, an estimated 27 percent of the entire tax revenue in Italy was evaded. What are the reasons for this? Political scientist ".

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23 September, 2024

Religion and mental health in young adulthood: a register-based study on differences by religious affiliation in sickness absence due to mental disorders in Finlan

Epidemiology & Community Health vol. 78, issue 6 Abstract BackgroundReligiosity and spirituality are known to be positively correlated with health. This is the first study to analyse the interrelatio

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , Reini, K.S. & J. Saarela
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18 October, 2022

Culture and tax avoidance: the case of Italy

Critical Policy Studies, volume 15 Abstract Culture is increasingly used as an explanatory variable for tax evasion. So far, we know, however, little about the mechanisms that link culture and tax behav

Type of publication: Journal articles | Hien, Josef
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23 September, 2024

Religion and Fertility: A Longitudinal Register Study Examining Differences by Sex, Parity, Partner’s Religion, and Religious Conversion in Finland

European Journal of Population, vol. 40:9 Abstract We use longitudinal data on religious affiliation in Finland to examine childbearing behavior. All analyses are based on detailed fertility information

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & J. Saarela
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14 April, 2021
Who cares for children and elders in welfare states?

Who cares (about)? How welfare capitalists, churches and migrants change the care of children and elders in Sweden, Germany and Italy

In Sweden, Germany and Italy welfarecapitalists, churches and migrants have been given the responsibility for health and social care. How did this happen and why?

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