Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
preferences, societal norms, and institutions. Religion affects physical capital accumulation by influencing thrift and financial … work effort, fertility, and the demographic transition. And it affects total factor productivity by constraining or … unleashing technological change and through rituals, legal institutions, political economy, and conflict. Synthesizing a disjoint …