less developed civilisations often rely on informal institutions such as religion (RES). The present paper attempts to …

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

reconfiguration of religions in the contemporary world. Religion often inspires migration, as religious minority groups facing …Although migration and religion studies have traditionally developed as separate research topics, in the current … studies of migration raise the importance and role of religion in the international migration flows, distinguish between the …

Until recently, academia has largely neglected the impact of religion on sustainable development. However, empirical … studies have shown that religion remains important in many societies and that its importance has been increasing since the … beginning of the new millennium. This paper reviews the empirical quantitative literature on the effect of religion on …

This paper uses a historical setting to study when religion can be a barrier to the diffusion of knowledge and economic …