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

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

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 article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to … question is whether "modernization" without "spiritual values" in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the …