Entry:

Iannaccone, Laurence R., "Household Production, Human Capital, and the Economics of Religion," in The New Economics of Human Behavior. Mariano Tommasi and Kathryn Ierulli (eds.), New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Abstract:

The economic concepts of household production and human capital generate a powerful model of religious participation. People switch denominations in ways that preserve the value of their religious human capital.

GSS Years:

1972-1991

Other Data Sets:

Catholic American Survey 1974

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:
Variable Name	Variable Label

RELIG	RS RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
SWITCHED	HAS R EVER HAD A DIFFERENT RELIGION
SWITAGE1	HOW OLD WAS R WHEN FIRST SWITCHED
SWITAGE2	HOW OLD WAS R WHEN SECOND SWITCH
MARITAL	MARITAL STATUS
ATTEND	HOW OFTEN R ATTENDS RELIGIOUS SERVICES
TITHING	HOW MUCH DOES R GIVE TO RELIGION
PRAY	HOW OFTEN DOES R PRAY
SPREL	SPOUSES RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
DENOM	SPECIFIC DENOMINATION
SPDEN	"SPECIFIC DENOMINATION
AGE	AGE OF RESPONDENT
INCOME	TOTAL FAMILY INCOME
EDUC	HIGHEST YEAR OF SCHOOL COMPLETED
PAATTEND	HOW OFTEN PA ATTENDED RELIGIOUS SERVICES
MAATTEND	HOW OFTEN MA ATTENDED RELIGIOUS SERVICES