influence of religion on income. The violation of the homogeneity assumption would have two consequences. First, results based …-country data in this type of research. Data at household level of the European and World Values Survey are pooled for 25 Western … countries. We estimate simultaneously an income and a religion equation to correct for the endogeneity of religiosity. We find …

In this paper the relation between religion and income is investigated using a micro-dataset for the Netherlands …. Religiosity is measured by religious membership and by participation. Instead of estimating separately a religion and an income … approach, both religious measures are found to decrease significantly income and income is found to affect negatively religion …

prediction in an original data set of whether ethnic groups around the world traditionally prayed for rain. We find that prayer …

ecclesiastical conflicts shows that religous fractionalization likely has negative effects on economic growth. -- Conflict ; religion …

"Questions about current and prior religion adherence from the International Social Survey Program and the World Values … religion adherence classified into eight major types. In a theoretical model based on rational individual choice, the frequency …" religion. Empirical findings for a panel of countries accord with several hypotheses: religious-conversion rates are positively …

The current study examines individuals who were raised in a certain religion and at some stage of their life left it …. Currently, they define their religious affiliation as 'no religion'. A battery of explanatory variables (country-specific ones … tendency of individuals to leave their religion is strongly correlated with the degree of strictness of their country and with …