Using data on over 50,000 individuals between March 2020 and May 2021 in the United
States, this paper investigates the effects of state-level house of worship restrictions on …

This paper focusses on the insurance role of religion in buffering the well-being impact of
stressful life events, and the ensuing economic and social implications. Using two large …

Material security has been associated with lower religious attendance both between and
within countries and has been proposed as one of the mechanisms causing long term …

In this paper, we first explore how an exogenous increase in the opportunity cost of religious
participation affects an individual's religious participation and reported happiness, using …

We use recent pooled survey data on 90 000 individuals in 26 European countries to
examine religious spillover effects on life satisfaction. Own religious behaviour is positively …

The US offers examples of the “religious engagement paradox”: religious engagement
correlates negatively with well-being across aggregate levels, and positively across …

This research used longitudinal data from the German Socio‐Economic Panel Study (SOEP)
to examine whether religious attendance buffers the impact of unemployment on life …

This paper investigates the effect of religious affiliation on individual well‐being. Using
Gallup's US Daily Poll between 2008 and 2017, we find that those who are engaged in their …

Economic development and increases in material security have been suggested as primary
causes of secularization in the West. However, the relationship between economic insecurity …

The buffering effect of religion upon wellbeing has been well demonstrated; however, the
question of whether this buffering effect also extends to protecting the religious against …