This research establishes that religiosity has a persistent effect on economic outcomes. First we use a sample of … migrants in the US to establish that religiosity at the country of origin has a long lasting effect on the religiosity of … migrants. Second, exploiting variations in the inherited component of religiosity of migrants, our analysis uncovers the causal …

We provide evidence on the significant effect of religiosity (measured by attendance to religious services) on reducing … depression. In particular, it is found a significant negative effect of religiosity on the probability of being depressed …-significant effect on the probably of depression, other aspects of religiosity, in particular the religious diversity of the country of …