, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic … freedom. Our empirical estimates, which include religiosity, political institutions, and other explanatory variables, confirm …

We study whether compulsory religious education in schools affects students’ religiosity as adults. We exploit the …. Using three different datasets, we find that abolishing compulsory religious education significantly reduced religiosity of …

This paper uses a historical setting to study when religion can be a barrier to the diffusion of knowledge and economic … secondary sources, I exploit preexisting variation in the intensity of Catholicism (i.e., religiosity) among French districts … and cantons. I show that, despite a stable spatial distribution of religiosity over time, more religious locations had …

religiosity and gender-egalitarian attitudes. To do so, we use Gallup World Poll data on individual opinions and beliefs … emigrate to OECD, high-income countries exhibit significantly lower levels of religiosity than the rest of the population. They …

Can religiosity sway a society's propensity for violence against outgroups? We first introduce two state …-year-level religiosity measures for several pre-Enlightenment European states with the frequencies of (i) religious language in book …

proxied by a country s dominant religion seems to be related to inequality. But in addition, in Judeo-Christian societies …

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using … influence of religion on the overall 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index is driven by protection and prevention policies. As … empirical findings regarding the association between religion, political institutions, and human development. …

recommendations. We find that voting recommendations do indeed matter, implying that even in a secularized world, religion plays a …