negatively correlated with growth-supporting formal institutions. -- culture ; economic development ; institutions ; property … rights ; religion …

role of religion in human societies from a development economics perspective. We start by reviewing the contributions that … directly and through the effect of religion on institutions. Next, we summarize the literature that considers adherence to and … chooses to influence the contents of religion and the intensity of its dogmas. More precisely, we consider situations in which …

This paper reviews recent economics literature on culture, with an emphasis on its relation to the field of long …-run growth and development. It examines the key issues debated in the new cultural economics: causal effects of culture on … economic outcomes, the origins and social costs of culture, as well as cultural transmission, persistence, and change. Some of …

activity and religious affiliation. The relationship between religion and economic development has attracted recent attention …. A positive association may indicate that religion raises the social acceptability of entrepreneurial activity, by … national boundaries between religion and entrepreneurship. Definitions of entrepreneurship are taken from the Global …

speed. In the 20th century, religion played a much lesser role in daily life and income and productivity grew at high and …

This research explores the effects of culture on technological diffusion and economic development. It shows that … culture's direct effects on development and barrier effects to technological diffusion are, in general, observationally … culture, while lending credence to the idea that common ancestry generates persistence and plays a central role in economic …