the impact of the Catholic Church sex-abuse scandal on both Catholic and non-Catholic religiosity. I find that the scandal …

those with tastes for religion coincidentally have particular tastes for other behaviors as well. Alternately, religious … and these rules may affect members' decisions. Using the canonical economic model of religiosity, I develop an empirical … not require an instrumental variable for religion and could be applied to the study of criminal gangs, terrorist …

, I use Canadian compulsory schooling laws to identify the relationship between completed schooling and later religiosity …

productivity of pastor effort is higher. These findings shed light on factors determining the composition of religion within …

religion and caste of bank officers and borrowers from a bank in India, and a rotation policy that induces exogenous matching …

of education on religiosity, lifestyles and political preferences by using exposure to the law as an instrument for … schooling. The data set includes information about the extent of religiosity, lifestyle choices (e.g. modern, conservative …'s religiosity or their tendency to vote for Islamic parties. The results are robust to controlling for indicators of individuals …

. Instead, the evidence indicates that Ramadan affects Muslims' relative preferences regarding work and religiosity, suggesting …