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Title: Experimental and Empirical Studies of Belief Formation
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Kao, Han-Yen |
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Experimental and Empirical Studies of Belief Formation Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2017 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Modeling, Fixed Effects; Modeling, Instrumental Variables; Religion Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. This dissertation concerns the formation and the consequences of people's beliefs and preferences. Empirically and experimentally, I focus on individuals' beliefs and ideologies through mechanisms such as group dynamics, education, and educational content. Chapter 3 estimates the causal effect of education on religiosity in the United States using NLSY97. Fixed effects and instrumental variable method are used as identification strategies. Although cross-sectional ordinary least squares estimation shows a positive correlation between religious outcomes and educational attainment, both fixed effect models and IV estimation show statistically significant negative effects of education, even when cognitive test score is controlled. This suggests that conventional OLS omits factors that push both education and religiosity. |
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Kao, Han-Yen. Experimental and Empirical Studies of Belief Formation. Ph.D. Dissertation, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 2017. |