empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …

: Religion 2 (ISSP) provides the data base. It includes information on maternal/paternal/own mass participation when the …

between religion and fertility in first unions in Austria. Although Austria is a Catholic country, results from a Poisson … religious composition does not result in clear evidence. There furthermore is mainly no effect of religion on the timing of …

This paper examines how two dimensions of childhood religion affiliation and participation are related to the … relationships between religion and high school graduation are similar for the two racial groups. …

organizations, institutions and social contexts which are not inherently downright economical by nature, as religious markets. In …

Religion as a determinant of individuals’ behavior has only recently found its way in the economic literature. In this … analysis, four waves of ISSP-data covering the time between 1991 and 2002 are used to examine the relationship between religion … attitudes and that those attitudes are negatively associated with female labor participation. Beyond that, religion has only …

paper I highlight results from recent studies on the role of religion in these and related economic and demographic …

. This provides a Weber-type channel relating religion to socio-economic outcomes. …

This paper attempts to explain several empirical findings regarding religion. The main one is between religion and the …

This paper focusses on the insurance role of religion in buffering the well-being impact of stressful life events, and … higher levels of life satisfaction, and that religion does insure against some adverse life events. All denominations suffer … results do not seem to come about from the endogeneity of religion. These patterns in subjective well-being correspond to data …