| 来源类型 | Working Paper |
| 规范类型 | 报告 |
| DOI | 10.3386/w10147 |
| 来源ID | Working Paper 10147 |
| International Determinants of Religiosity | |
| Robert Barro; Rachel M. McCleary | |
| 发表日期 | 2003-12-08 |
| 出版年 | 2003 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Two important theories of religiosity are the secularization hypothesis and the religion-market model. According to the former theory, economic development reduces religious participation and beliefs. According to the latter theory, religiosity depends on the presence of a state religion, regulation of the religion market, suppression of organized religion under Communism, and the degree of religious pluralism. We assess the theories by using survey information for 61 countries over the last 20 years on church attendance and religious beliefs. In accordance with the secularization view, overall economic development represented by per capita GDP tends to reduce religiosity. Moreover, instrumental estimates suggest that this link reflects causation from economic development to religiosity, rather than the reverse. The presence of an official state religion tends to increase religiosity, probably because of the subsidies that flow to organized religion. However, in accordance with the religion-market model, religiosity falls with government regulation of the religion market, Communist suppression, and a reduction in religious pluralism. Although religiosity declines overall with economic development, the nature of the interaction varies with the dimension of development. For example, religiosity is positively related to education and the presence of children and negatively related to urbanization. |
| 主题 | Development and Growth ; Development ; Other ; Culture |
| URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w10147 |
| 来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/567775 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Robert Barro,Rachel M. McCleary. International Determinants of Religiosity. 2003. |
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