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 …

This paper uses a historical setting to study when religion can be a barrier to the diffusion of knowledge and economic … secondary sources, I exploit preexisting variation in the intensity of Catholicism (i.e., religiosity) among French districts … and cantons. I show that, despite a stable spatial distribution of religiosity over time, more religious locations had …

This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and religion, particularly whether growth leads to … considered as an indicator of one's attitude to religion and its institutions, i.e as an indicator of (de)secularization. On the …-developed education system which does not only focus on conventional fields but also on religion which has increased Malaysians' awareness …