than Catholics. Third, our data suggest that the link between risk aversion and religion is driven by social aspects of …

Catholics. Third, our data suggest that the link between risk aversion and religion is driven by social aspects of church …

religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on … cultural background has a significant effect on the individual propensity to become an entrepreneur, with Protestantism … increasing the chances to be an entrepreneur by around 3% with respect to Catholicism. Our findings, stable across a number of …

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

Does Protestantism favour the market economy more than Catholicism does? We provide a novel quasi-experimental way to … the geographical distribution of confessions across Swiss cantons, we find that Protestantism is associated with a …

religious denomination on labour market outcomes, by estimating the differential impact of Protestantism versus Catholicism on … cultural background has a significant effect on the individual propensity to become an entrepreneur, with Protestantism … increasing the chances to be an entrepreneur by around 3% with respect to Catholicism. Our findings, stable across a number of …