Stumbling and Mumbling blog pick up on the Angus Deaton religion paper
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A link to the paper is below. As said in the conclusions, don't rush out to mass just yet. The association is likely due to very long-lasting effects of religion on habits and dispositions.
Deaton - Aging, Religion and Health
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Oh, God we're back to religion again. Before you turn to Mecca you might note Deaton's comment "It is easy to think of reasons why this causal framework might be wrong; poor health might cause people to turn to religion, or there could be third factors
such as rates of time preference that affect both religiosity and health. However, I do not believe that there is currently any credible way of distinguishing causality. So I shall simply follow the large majority of the literature, assuming the causal structure and examining the plausibility and interest of what I get within it."
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