Religion is a popular topic to be considered as one of the major factors that affect people's
lifestyles. However, religion is one of the social factors that most economists are very careful …

Empirical research on the determinants of economic growth typically neglects the influence
of religion. To fill this gap, this study uses international survey data on religiosity for a broad …

Empirical research on the determinants of economic growth typically neglects the influence
of religion. To fill this gap, this study uses international survey data on religiosity for a broad …

SUMMARY Barro and McCleary (2003, Religion and economic growth across countries.
American Journal of Sociology 68: 760–781) is a key research contribution in the new …

This research empirically analyzes the relationship between religion distribution and
economic performance for a number of Latin American countries. The econometric results …

Do variations in the degree of religiosity across countries translate into predictable
differences in cross-country growth experiences? We apply a model averaging procedure to …

More and more literature on economic growth and development has increasingly focused on
long-run effects of geographic, historical, and cultural factors on productivity and income per …

Recent years have seen an increasing interest in and controversy about the role of religion
in society. This paper reviews recent studies on the influence of religion on institutions and …

Religion plays a fundamental role in most people's lives with profound implications for
socioeconomic development. This survey provides a comprehensive and systematic …

This paper collects most recent developments in the emerging economic sub-area
Economics of Religion. According to secularization thesis, the importance of beliefs and …