Ricerc@Sapienza

By using microdata from the Survey on Health, Retirement and Ageing in Europe (SHARE), this research contributes to the literature on the determinants of religiosity and, though to aminor extent, to the literature on the effects of religiosity upon economic behaviour. By using an original approach, which distinguishes among different forms of religiosity, and by accounting for unobserved country heterogeneity, this project aims to confirm some known relationships between socio-economic and demographic variables and religiosity, while contrasting some others. A special focus is put on the study of the relationship between religiosity and risk aversion, as this is key in explaining the impact of religiosity on economic behavior, notably on consumption, saving and investment behaviour.