The empirical relation between happiness and religiosity is considered from the perspective of basic utility theory. An … unbalanced cross-country panel data set is used to study whether religiosity can be considered as a substitute in the happiness … maintained with high and low levels of religiosity due to substitution along a standard indifference curve. Our empirical results …

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income … levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but … not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our …

We use factor analysis to derive a robust measure of religiosity from items reported in five waves of the World Value … Survey. Our measure of religiosity is negatively correlated with per capita income. Development apparently causes religiosity … to fall to about half its pre-modern level. Most components of the demand for religion are reduced by development. The …

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income … levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but … not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our …

We use factor analysis to derive a robust measure of religiosity from items reported in five waves of the World Value … Survey. Our measure of religiosity is negatively correlated with per capita income. Development apparently causes religiosity … to fall to about half its pre-modern level. Most components of the demand for religion are reduced by development. The …

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income … levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but … not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our …

We find a U-shaped relation between happiness and religiosity in cross-country panel data after controlling for income … levels. At a given level of income, the same level of happiness can be reached with high and low levels of religiosity, but … not with intermediate levels. A rise in income causes an increase in happiness along with a decline of religiosity. Our …