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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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"Addresses the issue of household food consumption, its relation to gender and to food policy in Indonesia. Using econometric analyses of the Indonesian Family Life Survey, the study reveals that food expenditure patterns, particularly those of the poor households, warrant food policy attention....
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Cover -- More religious and moral world a happier one? Insights from an Islamic perspective in a post-COVID-19 world -- Panic buying or preparedness? The effect of information, anxiety and resilience on stockpiling by Muslim consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Digital zak ah campaign in...
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The empowerment of women is one of crucial development issues. This is due to the fact that women appear to form the largest of the poor and vulnerable group. In this regards, microcredit program has been argued to be potentially effective as a tool for poverty alleviation and lifting the poor,...
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The paper analyzes the impact of an experimental maternal and child health and family-planning program that was implemented in Matlab, Bangladesh in 1977. Village data from 1974, 1982 and 1996 suggest that program villages experienced extra declines in fertility of about 17%. Household data from...
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