1990, East Germans lived under a Communist regime with heavy state intervention and extensive redistribution. We find that …, after German reunification, East Germans are more in favor of redistribution and state intervention than West Germans, even … after controlling for economic incentives. This effect is especially strong for older cohorts, who lived under Communism for …

actions. Within this population, we find that those who attend church frequently appear to refrain from lying while those that … do not frequently attend church do lie, but do not disguise their lies like more secular populations. We further explain …

We use book translations as a new measure of international idea flows and study the effects of Communism's collapse in …

The Catholic Church has been making saints for centuries, typically in a two-stage process featuring beatification and … naming of blessed persons seems to reflect a response by the Catholic Church to competition from Protestantism or …

When the mortality rate is high, repeated interaction alone may not sustain cooperation, and religion may play an … populations and the church promoted the doctrine of purgatory, guilds that bundled together religious and occupational activities … conclusion has implications for the study of institutions, economics, and religion throughout history and in the developing world …

variety of datasets to show that when a state repeals its blue laws religious attendance falls, and that church donations and … this paper we identify a policy-driven change in the opportunity cost of religious participation based on state laws that … comparable declines in membership or giving to nonreligious organizations after a state repeals its laws. We then assess the …

Since Max Weber, there has been an active debate on the impact of religion on people's economic attitudes. Much of the … economic attitudes, controlling for country fixed effects. We study several economic attitudes toward cooperation, the …, differentiating on whether a religion is dominant in a country. We find that on average, religious beliefs are associated with good …

between religion and health. The topic is particularly germane for the health of women and of the elderly, who are much more … nationally representative samples to study the correlates of religion within and between more than 140 countries using more than …

blacks but smaller effects for whites. Overall, our results are consistent with the view that religion provides an …