Clark, Andrew E.; Lelkes, Orsolya - HAL - 2005
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 …