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...study, entitled “Insuring Consumption and Happiness Through Religious Organizations,” was authored by Erzo F.P. Luttmer, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government, Rajeev H. Dehejia, visiting associate professor in economics, and Thomas DeLeire, an economics professor at Michigan State University...
...Dehejia was hesitant to offer a comprehensive explanation for the study’s findings, though he did speculate that the sort of assistance black congregations provide, such as preparing meals for a congregant in need, might not have been measured in data collection...
...Dehejia said that one of the study’s most striking findings was that even though religious whites experience less of a consumption decrease after a wage decrease, they are not necessarily any happier...
...were motivated by the idea that there is no simple mapping from income to happiness,” Dehejia said...
...Both Dehejia and Luttmer cautioned against applying the results of the study to explain the black response to hurricane Katrina, as newspapers like the Boston Globe and the New York Times have done...