NORTON, SETH W.; TOMAL, ANNETTE - In: Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 41 (2009) 5, pp. 961-986
The paper reviews the literature on the education, gender, and religion nexuses and identifies plausible hypotheses that religion adversely affects female education. The link between major religions and female educational attainment is examined using the Barro-Lee data set for a sample of 97...