Does secular education impact religiosity, electoral participation and the propensity to vote for Islamic parties?: evidence from an education reform in a Muslim country
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 i...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Bonn
IZA
2014
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| In: |
Discussion paper series (8017)
Year: 2014 |
| Series/Journal: | Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit
8017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Turkey
/ Education
/ Election behavior
/ Islam
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| Further subjects: | B
Election behavior
B Evaluation B Turkey B Islam B Religion B Women's education B Gender B School attendance B Arbeitspapier B Grey literature B Analysis of effects |
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