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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a … religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and increases the tendency for modernity. Education reduces women …'s propensity to vote for Islamic parties. There is no statistically significant impact of education on men's religiosity or their …

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Joblessness and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Democracy

Altindag, Duha; Mocan, Naci - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Using micro data on more than 130,000 individuals from 69 countries, we analyze the extent to which joblessness of the individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that personal joblessness experience translates...

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Economic Well-being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany

Mocan, Naci; Raschke, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

. Education, and having contact with foreigners mitigate racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic feelings. People who live in states …

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Compulsory Schooling Laws and Formation of Beliefs: Education, Religion and Superstition

Mocan, Naci; Pogorelova, Luiza - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the … impact of schooling on superstitious beliefs. We find that more education, due to increased mandatory years of schooling …

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