Economic success through salvation? Experimental evidence from the evangelical movement

An extensive literature has documented the importance of values and norms for economic growth.

Religious beliefs and practices play a prominent role through their influence on rules of behavior, social interactions, and values more generally.

This project uses the evangelical movement - one of the fastest growing religious movements in the world, especially in Africa - as its stepping-stone with the goal of studying the causal effects of religious beliefs and behavior on socio-economic welfare.