Publication
Dec 2009
This publication addresses the decline of religiosity in societies from an economic perspective. The main hypothesis of this paper is that the level of religiosity falls as countries become richer. The authors argue that the demand for religion as a factor of production will converge to zero with rising levels of development, but the demand for religion as a consumption good will probably converge to a level above zero.
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Author | Martin Paldam, Erich Gundlach |
Series | Kiel Institute Working Papers |
Issue | 1576 |
Publisher | Kiel Institute for the World Economy |
Copyright | © 2009 Kiel Institute for the World Economy |