?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F2655%2F&rft.title=Religion+and+innovation&rft.creator=B%C3%A9nabou%2C+Roland&rft.creator=Ticchi%2C+Davide&rft.creator=Vindigni%2C+Andrea&rft.subject=BL+Religion&rft.subject=HB+Economic+Theory&rft.description=In+earlier+work+(B%C3%A9nabou%2C+Ticchi+and+Vindigni+2013)+we+uncovered+a+robust+negative%0D%0Aassociation+between+religiosity+and+patents+per+capita%2C+holding+across+countries+as+well+as%0D%0AUS+states%2C+with+and+without+controls.+In+this+paper+we+turn+to+the+individual+level%2C+examining%0D%0Athe+relationship+between+religiosity+and+a+broad+set+of+pro%E2%80%90+or+anti%E2%80%90innovation+attitudes+in+all%0D%0Afive+waves+of+the+World+Values+Survey+(1980+to+2005).+We+thus+relate+eleven+indicators+of%0D%0Aindividual+openness+to+innovation%2C+broadly+defined+(e.g.%2C+attitudes+toward+science+and%0D%0Atechnology%2C+new+versus+old+ideas%2C+change%2C+risk+taking%2C+personal+agency%2C+imagination+and%0D%0Aindependence+in+children)+to+five+different+measures+of+religiosity%2C+including+beliefs+and%0D%0Aattendance.+We+control+for+all+standard+socio%E2%80%90demographics+as+well+as+country%2C+year+and%0D%0Adenomination+fixed+effects.+Across+the+fifty%E2%80%90two+estimated+specifications%2C+greater+religiosity%0D%0Ais+almost+uniformly+and+very+significantly+associated+to+less+favorable+views+of+innovation.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Economic+Policy+Research&rft.date=2015-03&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++B%C3%A9nabou%2C+Roland+and+Ticchi%2C+Davide+and+Vindigni%2C+Andrea++Religion+and+innovation.++Discussion+Paper++%2310518%2F2015++++Centre+for+Economic+Policy+Research++++ISSN+0265-8003.++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cepr.org%2Factive%2Fpublications%2Fdiscussion_papers%2Fdp.php%3Fdpno%3D10518%23