This paper identifies a new source of differences in religiosity: the presence of future tense marking in language. We … less likely to be religious and to take up the short-term costs associated with religiosity. What is likely to drive this …

Based on macro-level observations that high religiosity is associated with lower economic growth, it is generally … assumed that religiosity contributes to poverty. However, this conjecture may not be true because religion provides motivation … a measure of multidimensional poverty based on deprivation counting approach and a measure of religiosity based on faith …