This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. According to …. This survey analyzes the economic consequences of religion, the two-way interrelationship between religious and economic … in economic development. Changes in belief systems, which in many cases will be forms of religion, also can significantly …

have positive impacts on young women's wages. We find evidence of ability sorting, but controlling for ability, women who … attend higher quality colleges earn higher wages. Women receive smaller gains from college quality than do men; black women … earn more than those who attend public colleges, and women earn lower wages, the higher the proportion of their college …

have substantial positive impacts on young men's wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative …

uruguayans (women in this stage), and compare the results with those obtained for some Latin American and developed countries. In …, marital status, among others (solely for women from 25 to 54 years old in the case of Uruguay). We confirmed that uruguayans … the religious activity is more intense for women and older people, and that the education level have an ambiguous effect …

/mixed Christian and societies without a dominant religion. In addition, we find a strong evidence that, controlling for the level of …

This survey gathers the current state of research activity on the emerging economic sub-area Economics of Religion. The …