The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it …. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as 'no religion'. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones … tendency of individuals to leave their religion is strongly correlated with the degree of strictness of their country and with …

covering more than 100 countries around the world. Consistent with the happiness results, we also find that relative to … Catholics, Protestants and non-believers, those of Eastern Orthodox religion have less social capital and prefer old ideas and …'s (1933, 1937) hypothesis of communism as a successor of Orthodoxy. …

importance of values and beliefs in human satisfaction or quality of life; but the specific contribution of religion to these … distinctive volume brings to public notice the nature and role of religion's contribution to wellbeing, including new ways of … about personal and societal well-being, as well as those who are interested in the continuing significance of religion for …

empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …

This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … is whether modernization without spiritual values in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the long …

empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II …

economy in world regressions. Regional regressions reveal that different aspects of governance dominate the relationship …