abstract: 'Literature shows that religiosity can provide individual resilience to

  life shocks as well as regional resilience to disasters caused by

  natural hazards. Related work has examined the complicated links between

  religion and economic growth. Yet few, if any, studies examine the role

  of regional levels of religiosity on a region''s resilience to

  recession-or how quickly the employment rate returns to pre-recession

  levels (a common measure of resilience in the economics literature). As

  the recovery period of the Great Recession cools and economists warn of

  future economic downturns, all known variables that may be linked with

  regional resilience are worthy of exploration. Using survey results from

  the Gosling-Potter Internet Project and General Social Surveys, we

  applied logarithmic functions to pre- and post-Great Recession

  employment data for 2,836 U.S. counties. We found a modest and

  statistically significant association between religious belief and

  regional resilience to recession. Religiosity was the strongest of

  sixteen psychosocial variables that we examined in association with the

  speed of job recovery; despite having negative links with other economic

  variables. This has particular salience for more rural economies; policy

  implications are discussed.'
affiliation: 'Cuomo, RE (Corresponding Author), Univ Calif San Diego, San Diego, CA
  92103 USA.

  Cuomo, Raphael E.; Davis, Daniel B.; Shapiro, Josh D.; Walshok, Mary L., Univ Calif
  San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 USA.

  Goetz, Stephan J., Penn State Univ, Northeast Reg Ctr Rural Dev, University Pk,
  PA 16802 USA.'
author: Cuomo, Raphael E. and Davis, Daniel B. and Goetz, Stephan J. and Shapiro,
  Josh D. and Walshok, Mary L.
author-email: racuomo@ucsd.edu
author_list:
- family: Cuomo
  given: Raphael E.
- family: Davis
  given: Daniel B.
- family: Goetz
  given: Stephan J.
- family: Shapiro
  given: Josh D.
- family: Walshok
  given: Mary L.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/rhc3.12189
earlyaccessdate: MAR 2020
files: []
issn: 1944-4079
journal: RISK HAZARDS \& CRISIS IN PUBLIC POLICY
keywords: resilience to recession; economic shock; religiosity; recovery policy
keywords-plus: 'CHILD-CARE CENTERS; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; INTRINSIC RELIGIOSITY; ECONOMIC

  RECESSION; RESOURCE ACCESS; GREAT RECESSION; SPIRITUALITY; RISK;

  INEQUALITY; GROWTH'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: 'Cuomo, Raphael/0000-0002-8179-0619

  Davis, Daniel/0000-0001-6915-0523'
pages: 166-187
papis_id: ec512e7cb6b4c91db7eb9b57a83f2832
ref: Cuomo2020religiosityregional
researcherid-numbers: Davis, Daniel/L-5533-2018
times-cited: '4'
title: Religiosity and Regional Resilience to Recession
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000521079000001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '7'
volume: '11'
web-of-science-categories: Public Administration
year: '2020'