In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and … individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five …, imagination and independence in children) to five different measures of religiosity, including beliefs and attendance. We control …

and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as … is a significant and robust negative relationship between religiosity and patents per capita. The political-economy model … knowledge. Three long-term outcomes emerge. First, a "Secularization" or "Western-European" regime with declining religiosity …

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 …