Religion and Wealth: The Role of Religious Affiliation and Participation in Early Adult Asset Accumulation

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BEYOND BELIEF: ATHEISM, AGNOSTICISM, AND THEISTIC CERTAINTY IN THE UNITED STATES (2008, background): “…particularly since fundamentalist religious values are linked to lower levels of educational attainment and low rates of female labor force participation (Darnell and Sherkat 1997; Glass and Jacobs 2005; Keister 2003, 2008; Lehrer 1995, 1999, 2004; Sherkat 2000; Sherkat and Darnell 1999).”
Religion as a Determinant of Economic and Demographic Behavior in the United States (2004, unknown): “Keister (2003) finds that the patterns of differences by religion in wealth closely mirror the differentials by education and wages described above: Jews have the highest level of wealth;”
Financial literacy and over-indebtedness in low-income households (2016, background): “12 See also the seminal work on religion and economic growth (Weber, 1905) as well as more recent studies (Keister, 2003 ; Arruñada, 2010). and those not reared in any religious faith 13 all have better money management skills than the first three groupings.”
The One Percent (2014, background): “Members of non-Protestant religious groups also have traditionally been underrepresented in the top one percent (Keister 2003; Sorokin 1925, 1927); however, recent evidence suggests that white Roman Catholics (Keister 2007, 2011), Hispanic Catholics (Keister & Borelli 2014), and others (Amin &…”