Economics of American Judaism Book

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Pt. I Overview 1

1 Introduction 3

2 First approach: the economics of American Judaism 12

3 A retrospective: the economics of American Judaism 27

Pt. II Immigrants 37

4 The economics of Jewish immigrants and Judaism in the United States 39

5 Economic transformation of American Jewry Carmel U. Chiswick Chiswick, Carmel U. Barry R. Chiswick Chiswick, Barry R. 53

Pt. III Marriage and family 59

6 The economics of contemporary American Jewish family life 61

7 Determinants of religious intermarriage: are Jews really different? 78

Pt. IV Jewish continuity 89

8 An economic perspective on religious education: complements and substitutes in a human-capital portfolio 91

9 The cost of living Jewishly and Jewish continuity Carmel U. Chiswick Chiswick, Carmel U. Barry R. Chiswick Chiswick, Barry R. 107

10 The economics of Jewish continuity 118

Pt. V Israel and American Jewry 139

11 Impact of the Six-Day War on American Jewry: an economic perspective 141

12 Israel and American Jewry in the year 2020: an economic analysis 149

13 Immigrant impacts on Israel's labor force: implications for economic development 169

Index 175