The Effect of Prayer on God's Attitude Toward Mankind
James J. Heckman
University of Chicago - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); American Bar Foundation; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA); CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3636
Abstract:
This paper uses data available from the National Opinion Research Center's (NORC) survey on religious attitudes and powerful statistical methods to evaluate the effect of prayer on the attitude of God toward human beings.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 8
Keywords: kernel estimator, unobserved variables
JEL Classification: Z12
working papers series
Suggested Citation
Heckman, James J., The Effect of Prayer on God's Attitude Toward Mankind. IZA Discussion Paper No. 3636. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1230823 or http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0042-7092.2007.00700.x
