Gulesci, Selim; Meyersson, Erik - IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic … - 2013
We exploit a change in compulsory schooling laws in Turkey to estimate the causal effects of education on religiosity and women's socio-economic status. A new law, implemented in 1998 bound individuals born after a specific date to 8 years of schooling while those born earlier could drop out...