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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

Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous 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...

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The Effects of 9/11 on Attitudes Toward Immigration and the Moderating Role of Education

Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The major event of the 9/11 terror attacks is likely to have induced an increase in anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner sentiments, not only among US residents but also beyond US borders. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting exogenous variation in interview...

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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Cassan, Guilhem; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

in legislator identity generated by close elections between Muslim and non-Muslim candidates. We find that increasing the …This paper investigates whether the religious identity of state legislators in India influences development outcomes …, both for citizens of their religious group and for the population as a whole. To control for politician identity to be …

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Post 9-11 U.S. Muslim Labor Market Outcomes

Rabby, Faisal; Rodgers III, William M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

employment-population ratios and hours worked of very young (ages 16 to 25) Muslim men fell. By 2004, most losses had begun to … dissipate. The employment-population ratios and hours worked of older Muslim men experienced little deterioration. …

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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

communities and especially the Muslim deficit in parental education predict a Hindu advantage. Alternative outcomes and … specifications support our finding of a Muslim fixed effect that favours survival. The results of this study contribute to a recent …

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The Impact of 9/11 and the London Bombings on the Employment and Earnings of U.K. Muslims

Rabby, Faisal; Rodgers III, William M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

the labor market outcomes of UK residents who are either Muslim by religious affiliation or whose nativity profiles are … similar to the terrorists. We find a 10 percentage point decrease in the employment of very young Muslim men relative to non-Muslim … Muslim-majority countries is also found. The terrorist events had little impact on the employment of older men. …

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Labor Market Effects of Intrauterine Exposure to Nutritional Deficiency: Evidence from Administrative Data on Muslim Immigrants in Denmark

Schultz-Nielsen, Marie Louise; Tekin, Erdal; Greve, Jane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

administrative data from Denmark to investigate the impact of exposure to Ramadan in utero on labor market outcomes of adult Muslim …

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Assimilation, Criminality and Ethnic Conflict

Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...

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Ethnic Identity and Work

Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

remains. The ethnic identity entered the field of labor and migration economics in an effort to better explain the economic … identity is a major issue; even more challenging is to measure its impact on economic outcomes such as the probability to work … or the earnings of immigrants. The thin but burgeoning theoretical and empirical literature shows that ethnic identity …

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Jailer of Freedom and Enemy of Growth? The Role of Personal and Social Identities in Educational Choices

Autiero, Giuseppina; O'Higgins, Niall - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper develops a theoretical and empirical model on the influence of identity on educational choices which extends …

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