Is Hanukkah Responsive to Christmas?
利用个人调查和县级支出数据，研究美国犹太人的光明节庆祝活动是否受到圣诞节的影响，发现家中有小孩的犹太人更可能庆祝光明节，且该效应在改革派和认同感强的犹太人中更显著，支持了宗教节日不仅用于崇拜和娱乐，也为孩子提供对抗其他文化影响的平衡。
We use individual-level survey and county-level expenditure data to examine the extent to which Hanukkah celebrations among US Jews are driven by the presence of Christmas. We document that Jews with young children are more likely to celebrate Hanukkah, that this effect is greater for reform Jews and for strongly-identified Jews, and that Jewish-related expenditure on Hanukkah is higher in counties with lower shares of Jews. All these findings are consistent with the hypothesis that celebration of religious holidays is designed not only for worship and enjoyment but also to provide a counterbalance for children against competing cultural influences. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2009.