Plausibly Exogenous [1082] - Deaths of Despair (01/17/2023)
LHS Variable
Deaths of despair
RHS Variable
Decline in religious participation
Source of Exogenous Variation
Repeals of blue laws as a shock to religiosity
- Giles, Hungerman, and Oostrom (2022), “Opiates of the Masses? Deaths of Despair and the Decline of American Religion”