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| Author: | Barro, R.J. McCleary, R.M. |
| Title: | Religion and economic growth across countries |
| Journal: | American Sociological Review
2003 : OCT, VOL. 68:5, p. 760-781 |
| Index terms: | Country comparisons Economic growth Religion |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | International survey data on religiosity is used for a broad panel countries to investigate the effects of church attendance and religious beliefs on economic growth. To isolate the direction of causation from religiosity to economic performance, the estimation relies on instrumental variables suggested by an analysis in which church attendance and religious beliefs are the dependent variables. The instruments are variables for the presence of state religion and for regulation of the religion market, the composition of religious adherence and an indicator of religious pluralism. |
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