Replication data for: The Effect of Income on Religiousness

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Project Citation:

Buser, Thomas. Replication data for: The Effect of Income on Religiousness. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116335V1

Project Description

Summary: How does income affect religiousness? Using self-collected survey data, we estimate the effects of income on religious behavior. As a source of exogenous income variation we use a change in the eligibility criteria for a government cash transfer in Ecuador and apply a regression discontinuity strategy to estimate causal effects. We find significant effects of income on religiousness. Families that earn more go to church more often. Families that earn more are also more likely to be members of an Evangelical community rather than of the mainstream Catholic Church. (JEL D14, H23, J12, J31, O15, Z12)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      H23 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
      J12 Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure; Domestic Abuse
      J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      Z12 Cultural Economics: Religion

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