Analýza vlivu náboženství na příjem jednotlivce

The bachelor’s thesis analyzes what impact have various religions on individual’s income in the Czech Republic and on international level. Influence of multiple chosen religions on economic decision making was discussed within the research. Later the thesis summarizes concepts of religious economy, next it presents Becker’s time allocation theory extended by expected afterlife consumption, and it also describes relationship of religion and human capital with special attention to education.Empirical part of the thesis is built on analysis of World Value Survey data. Linear and logistic regression models are tested using the available panel data for the Czech Republic and on international level. The models contain variables which were chosen with respect to theoretical determinants of amount of income, such as highest educational level attained, gender, or religion. Statistical significance of explanatory variables representing religion were identified based on parameter estimates of the models in case of international data. Moreover, parameters representing impact of Protestantism exhibited to have higher values than it was in case of Catholicism, which agrees to Max Weber’s theory of Protestant ethics. Statistical significance of impact of religion on income was not observed in case of models for Czech data. In contrast to theoretical expectations, any of the models has not exhibited statistical significance of active participation in religious organization.