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Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

religions and costs of having one's religion deviate from the type viewed as ideal. The International Social Survey Programme … (ISSP) waves for 1991, 1998, 2008, and 2018 allow for calculations of country-wide conversion rates based on religion … analysis applies to 8 types of religion for 58 countries (125 total observations). The rate of conversion depends positively on …

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Saints Marching In, 1590-2009

Barro, Robert J.; McCleary, Rachel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

The Catholic Church has been making saints for centuries, typically in a two-stage process featuring beatification and canonization. We analyze determinants of rates of beatification and canonization (for non-martyrs) over time and across six world regions. The research uses a recently assembled...

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Protestantism and Human Capital in Guatemala and the Republic of Korea

McCleary, Rachel M. - Economics and Research Department, Asian Development Bank - 2013

Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882, respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been divergent. The analysis presented in this paper supports the findings of Woodberry (2004, 2009, 2011) and Nunn (2009)...

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