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Education, social mobility and religious movements: A theory of the Islamic revival in Egypt

Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - 2013

This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...

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Education Promoted Secularization

Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014

Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...

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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 - 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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Education Promoted Secularization

Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014

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The effect of protestantism on education before the industrialization: evidence from 1816 Prussia

Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010

schools and higher school enrolment already before the industrialization. This evidence supports the human capital theory of …

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How economics helped shape American Judaism

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2010

This chapter discusses the strong impact of economic forces, and changes in the economic environment, on American Jewish observance and American Jewish religious institutions in the 20th century. Beginning with the immigrants' experience of dramatic economic change between the old country and...

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An Economic Perspective on Religious Education : Complements and Substitutes in a Human Capital Portfolio

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2005

religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular …

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Analyzing Religiosity Within an Economic Framework: The Case of Spanish Catholics

Garza, Pablo Brañas; Neuman, Shoshana - 2003

Using a sample of Spanish Catholics, we examined the level of religiosity (measured by beliefs, prayer and church attendance) and the relationship between religiosity and various socio-economic variables. An Ordered Logit estimation of religiosity equations showed that: women are more religious...

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Religion and Growth

Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2024

We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function - physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …

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Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain

Cinnirella, Francesco; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2020

This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing … robust negative relationship between length of Muslim rule and levels of human capital. This result is robust to the … local self-government. This translated into lower levels of human capital for regions longer under Muslim rule. Indeed …

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