ABSTRACT
The past few years have witnessed substantial progress in our understanding of how religious factors influence education, female employment, fertility, and union formation and dissolution. In this concluding chapter I highlight results from recent studies on the role of religion in these and related economic and demographic behaviors, updating the critical literature review presented in Chapter 9. Based on the theoretical framework developed in Chapter 8, I also suggest a reinterpretation of previous findings in the literature and identify promising avenues for future research. The focus of this review is on the United States, but a few closely related studies that employ data from other countries are also included.
