Faith and money : how religion contributes to wealth and poverty / / Lisa A. Keister [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Keister Lisa A. <1968->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 201/.73
• Soggetto topico: Wealth - Religious aspects; Wealth - United States; Money - Religious aspects; Money - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Religion
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figure and Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Religion and Wealth; A Challenging Question; Does Religion Matter?; Formative Studies and Theoretical Foundations; A Note on Data and Definitions; Data Sources; An Important Note about Current Data; Definitions and Reporting; The American Religious Landscape; Religion and Wealth; 2 Family and Human Capital Processes; The Importance of Background: Linking Origins with Outcomes; Childhood Family Size and Structure; Race and Ethnicity; Human Capital; Adult Processes; Marriage Processes and Wealth ; Fertility and WealthSimultaneous Processes; 3 Work, Occupation, and Income; Religion, Work, and Occupation; Orientations toward Work; Religion and Income; Orientations toward Money; 4 Wealth I; Net Worth and Real Assets; Asset Poverty; High Net Worth; Portfolio Behavior; Financial Trajectories; Homeownership; Home Values; Home Equity; Summary and Concluding Thoughts; 5 Wealth II; Financial Assets; Low and High Financial Assets; The Allocation of Financial Assets, Part I: The Working Years; The Allocation of Financial Assets, Part II: Retirement; Financial Asset Values; Liabilities ; Bringing It All Together: Predictors of Family BackgroundBringing It All Together: Predictors of Adult Wealth; 6 Upward Mobility; Mobility Accomplished: White Catholics since the 1980s; Mobility in Progress? Conservative Protestants May Be Changing; Potential for Mobility: Hispanic Catholics and Assimilation; Rising Tides or Trading Places?; 7 Notable Achievement; Mainline Protestants: A History of High SES; Jews: Notably High Achievement; Levels of Achievement; Explaining Jewish Achievement; LDS: Unique among Conservative Protestants?; 8 A Truly Complex Relationship; Religiosity ; Charitable GivingSocial Capital and Network Traits; Investing in Religion; Gender and Intermarriage; Health; Nonstandard Work; Entrepreneurship; Saving; Consumption; Financial Literacy; Risk Preferences; Downward Mobility; 9 How Much Is Enough?; How Much Do You Really Need?; Religion and Having Enough; Conclusions; Appendix; Multivariate Model Details; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For those who own it, wealth can have extraordinary advantages. High levels of wealth can enhance educational attainment, create occupational opportunities, generate social influence and provide a buffer against financial emergencies. Even a small amount of savings can improve security, mitigate the effects of job loss and other financial setbacks and improve well-being dramatically. Although the benefits of wealth are significant, they are not enjoyed uniformly throughout the United States. In the United States, because religion is an important part of cultural orientation, religious beliefs should affect material well-being. This book explores the way religious orientations and beliefs affect Americans' incomes, savings and net worth.
• Altri titoli varianti: Faith & Money
• Titolo autorizzato: Faith and money
• ISBN: 1-107-22627-9; 1-139-13979-7; 1-283-31509-2; 9786613315090; 1-139-13901-0; 1-139-02854-5; 1-139-14479-0; 1-139-14058-2; 1-139-13745-X; 1-139-14147-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457177603321
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