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This working paper explores the reasons commonly identified for the rise of political and radical Islam throughout the …
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Germany provides evidence that the events also affected the relative earnings of Muslims outside the US. However, the results … show that there was no uniform effect on all types of Muslims across all types of firms. Accounting for moderating factors …, a significantly negative effect can only be found for low-skilled Muslims employed in small- and medium-sized firms …
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Drawing on recent cross-nationally comparative survey data of the Turkish and Moroccan second generation in five European cities, this study examines the patterns of identification with ethnic, religious, national and city identities. We take a comparative perspective and analyse data from five...
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Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of … toward Muslims is significantly decreased with the increase of Muslims in their midst, and demonstrate that these results are … driven by the activation of rooted French taste-based discrimination against Muslims when Muslim numbers increase. Our …
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Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative …; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower women; and hence (3) Muslim communities will underperform economically …
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This paper looks at the determinants of secondary school attendance in Bangladesh with a focus on the interaction between community gender norms and relative supply of madrasas (i.e. Islamic schools). We present a theoretical framework where the probability of children's school participation...
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A speedy emerging area of finance is the Shari'a compliant financial system. In first decade of 21st century Islamic financing has shown tremendous increase and global volume has reached to US $ 1,041 billion by the end of 2009. Being financial intermediaries Islamic Financial Institutions...
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In the paper, commissioned by Hussein Solomon and Akeem Fadare for their forthcoming anthology on Political Islam and … the State in Africa, the focus placed on the political role of Islam in Kenyan politics. Prevalent fears (e.g. in the … background of the various categories of Kenyan Muslims, their general position in Kenyan society, their grievances, organisation …
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describes a new CGE model for South Asia, covering India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, which incorporates …
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Using a difference-in-differences framework, this paper estimates the impact that Britain's July 2005 bombings had on 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...
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