, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic … Protestantism is associated with economic freedom, Islam is not, with Catholicism in between. The Protestant ethic requires economic …

This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization …

This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up to WWII. Works on Judaism address Jewish occupational specialization …