The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it …. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as ‘no religion’. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones … tendency of individuals to leave their religion is strongly correlated with the degree of strictness of their country and with …

two sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. The contribution of the study is mainly empirical, trying to … indeed more religious than the populations in the receiving countries, both in Europe and in the United States; and (b) while … Europe it has mainly the function of a buffer and of a “balm for the soul”. There is an extensive literature on the ‘bridge …

and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as …

cities if the share of votes to religious-political parties increases, suggesting that religion--either through individual …

Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people’s economic attitudes. Much of the …, differentiating on whether a religion is dominant in a country. We find that on average, religious beliefs are associated with ‘good …

migrating within the Muslim Empire, and later to western Europe where they were invited to settle as high skill intermediaries …