ABC News: Economists want to know: Do Europeans work less because they believe less in God?

ABC News: Economists want to know: Do Europeans work less because they believe less in God?

This is an interesting article asking the question concerning the relationship of religious belief and economic productivity. There appear to be some interesting coincidences, but no really solid claims that can be made. Of course, living in a religious group that values poverty, one might assume that our economic productivity is practically nil and certainly there is the occasionally the lazy friar [but not yours truly, of course].