DR@W
DR@W
Decision Research at 91福利 (DR@W) is an interdisciplinary initiative which focuses on behavioural and experimental research of decision making.
Formed in January 2010, DR@W brings together researchers and students from Economics, Psychology, Statistics, 91福利 Mathematics Institute, 91福利 Manufacturing Group and 91福利 Business School that are interested in current developments in the area of experimental and behavioural research.
The Department of Economics have created and manage a large computer laboratory for use with experiments.
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DR@W Forum: Bouke Klein Teeselink (KCL)
This paper examines the causal effect of religious identification on political preferences, gender norms, and group behavior. Using clergy abuse scandals as exogenous variation in Catholicism, we analyze data from millions of U.S. college freshmen and county-level voting records. We find that religious de-identification leads to more progressive views on social issues and gender norms, but more conservative stances on healthcare and military spending. Overall, secularization causes a leftward shift in political orientation. Religious de-identification also reduces engagement in other group activities. As individuals disaffiliate from Catholicism, they increasingly identify with their social class, polarizing economic preferences between income groups.