Religiosity varies by profession even among the equally educated and wealthy: business people, doctors, and physical scientists (physicists, biologists) tend to be more religious, while academics, lawyers, economists, and especially anthropologists and psychologists tend to be less religious—reflecting selection into fields rather than effects of the work itself.

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Speaker

Larry Iannaccone

Evidence Quote

Journalists are somewhat less likely to be religious than their counterparts in the rest of society.

Source

The Economics of Religion with Larry Iannaccone 10/9/2006EconTalk
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