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Recent trends have complicated this understanding, particularly in the United States. Educational attainment has been on a steady rise for decades<\/a>, but Americans are, by and large, just as religious as ever<\/a> \u2014 if not more so. A 2002 Harvard study<\/a> of 59 countries found that increased economic development led to increases in some forms of religious behaviors, like overall belief, but declines in things like church attendance. Overall, the evidence on the secularization hypothesis is, at best, mixed.<\/p>\n

Now, new research out from economists at Louisiana State University provides new evidence in support of the secularization hypothesis, at least as it pertains to some religious and superstitious behaviors. Not only that, but it also uncovers evidence of a causal link between increased schooling and decreased religiosity.<\/p>\n

The study finds that more education, in the form of more years of formal schooling, has \u201cconsistently large negative effects\u201d on an individual\u2019s likelihood of attending religious services, as well as their likelihood of praying frequently. More schooling also makes people less likely to harbor superstitious beliefs, like belief in the protective power of lucky charms (rabbit\u2019s feet, four leaf clovers), or a tendency to take horoscopes seriously.<\/p>\n

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