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Religion and Economy

Author(s) -

Rachel M. McCleary,

Robert J. Barro

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

the journal of economic perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1944-7965

pISSN - 0895-3309

DOI - 10.1257/jep.20.2.49

Subject(s) - religiosity , honesty , sketch , variable (mathematics) , politics , affect (linguistics) , positive economics , work (physics) , focus (optics) , variables , political science , sociology , political economy , social psychology , economics , psychology , law , computer science , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , communication , algorithm , machine learning , engineering , physics , optics

Religion has a two-way interaction with political economy. With religion viewed as a dependent variable, a central question is how economic development and political institutions affect religious participation and beliefs. With religion viewed as an independent variable, a key issue is how religiosity affects individual characteristics, such as work ethic, honesty, and thrift, and thereby influences economic performance. In this paper, we sketch previous studies of this two-way interaction but focus on our ongoing quantitative research with international data.

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