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
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