Economics of American Judaism

Informationen zum Autor Carmel U. Chiswick is Professor of Economics at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Klappentext Covering areas such as Jewish Studies, Economics of Religion, Sociology of Religion and Immigrant Religion, this book is required reading for all those interested in how economic environment influences the practice of Judaism in the United States. Zusammenfassung Covering areas such as Jewish Studies, Economics of Religion, Sociology of Religion and Immigrant Religion, this book is required reading for all those interested in how economic environment influences the practice of Judaism in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Overview 1. Introduction 2. First Approach: The Economics of American Judaism 3. A Retrospective: The Economics of American Judaism Immigrants 4. The Economics of Jewish Immigrants and Judaism in the United States 5. Economic Transformation of American Jewry (with Barry R. Chiswick) Marriage and the Family 6. The Economics of Contemporary American Jewish Family Life 7. Determinants of Religious Intermarriage: Are Jews Really Different? Jewish Continuity 8. An Economic Perspective on Religious Education: Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio 9. The Cost of Living Jewishly and Jewish Continuity (with Barry R. Chiswick) 10. The Economics of Jewish Continuity Israel and American Jewry 11. Impact of the Six-Day War on American Jewry: An Economic Perspective 12. Israel and American Jewry in the Year 2020: An Economic Analysis 13. Immigrant Impacts on Israel’s Labor Force: Implications for Economic Development

Product details

• Authors: Carmel Chiswick, Carmel (University of Illinois Chiswick, Carmel U. Chiswick, Chiswick Carmel
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2008
• EAN: 9780415701570
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70157-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy; Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; USA, RELIGION / Judaism / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Judaism, United States of America, USA, Economic theory and philosophy