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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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This paper studies child health in India focusing on differences in anthropometric outcomes between the three main religions - Hindus, Muslims and Christians. The results indicate that Christian infants have higher height-for-age z-scores as compared to infants of other religious identities, and...
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This paper examines the impact of potential fetal malnutrition on the academic proficiency of Muslim students in … utero as a natural experiment, under the assumption that some Muslim women might have fasted during Ramadan when they were … pregnant. In some of our specifications, we use a sample of students from predominantly non-Muslim countries as an additional …
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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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-group (Muslim) appearance. We find that time delay decreases helping rates. In contrast, regardless of time manipulation, out …
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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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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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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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in legislator identity generated by close elections between Muslim and non-Muslim candidates. We find that increasing the …. We find no evidence of religious favoritism: Muslim children do not benefit more from Muslim political representation …
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884146