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An empirical note on the long-run relationship between education and religiosity in Christian countries

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  • Herzer Dierk

    (Department of Economics, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Holstenhofweg 85, 22043 Hamburg, Germany)

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The economics of religion is a relatively new field of research in economics. This note examines whether and how permanent changes in religiosity, measured by church attendance, in the long run are affected by permanent changes in education, measured by three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary education. Applying panel cointegration techniques to data from 20 Christian countries over the period 1925–1990, it is found that (i) only secondary education has a long-run relationship with religiosity, while there is no long-run relationship between religiosity and primary and tertiary education; (ii) secondary education has a strong negative long-run influence on religiosity; and (iii) long-run causality is unidirectional from secondary education to religiosity.

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  • Herzer Dierk, 2018. "An empirical note on the long-run relationship between education and religiosity in Christian countries," The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter, vol. 18(1), pages 1-8, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejmac:v:18:y:2018:i:1:p:8:n:16
    DOI: 10.1515/bejm-2017-0062
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    Keywords

    education; panel cointegration; religiosity; secularization hypothesis;
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    JEL classification:

    • Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
    • I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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