This paper critically reviews what is known, based on analyses of micro-level U.S. data, about the role of religion in …

. I use the 1985 and 1999 Spanish Fertility Surveys to study whether the significance of religion in fertility behavior … context of lower church participation, religiosity has acquired a more relevant meaning for demographic behavior. Among the …

overall health and psychological health of the child. Three measures of religion/religiosity of the child are employed … health and the three measures of religion/religiosity. Those children (self-report or primary caregiver report) who have … Supplements (CDS) to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). The primary focus is on the effect of religion on the reported …

the Economics of Religion and the Economics of Immigration, and distinguishes between religiosity per se and an immigrant …

, but almost no impact on urban and suburban areas. I use a difference-in-difference methodology and find that religiosity … agriculture. Chen (2010) describes increased religiosity in Indonesia following the 1998 financial crisis, and this paper … who are not. I hypothesize that the increased religiosity results from religious institutions' ability to provide public …

, religious pluralism, religious freedom, and societal attitudes towards religion are important predictors of religiosity. These …-reported religiosity, frequency of praying, and frequency of church attendance. Using the European Social Survey, we first show that, on … average, religiosity of immigrants is higher than that of the native born, even among those without a religious affiliation …

Using a sample of Spanish Catholics, we examined the level of religiosity (measured by beliefs, prayer and church … attendance) and the relationship between religiosity and various socio-economic variables. An Ordered Logit estimation of … religiosity equations showed that: women are more religious than men; religious activity increases with age; there is a …

This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b … three estimations support the hypothesis that financial perception has a greater effect on the decision to access and use … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …

specification to examine the effect of financial perception. Our results suggests that after controlling for endogeneity of choices … of financial perception however reduces and gradually disappears as one moves up the financial access ladder towards more …

whether immigration affects crime victimization and the perception of criminality among European natives. Using data from the …