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Does Education Affect Religiosity? Causal Evidence from a Conservative Emerging Economy

Mustafa Özer et al.

CESifo Economic Studies2024https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifae003article
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Abstract Does education make people more or less religious? The previous literature offers mixed findings on the relationship between education and religiosity. This may be due to endogeneity bias: education and religiosity can be caused by a third variable such as culture or upbringing. We instrument education by exposure to the 1997 education reform in Turkey which increased mandatory schooling from 5 to 8 years. The schooling reform increased the probability that young girls would complete 8 years of schooling and report lower religiosity later in life. The reform apparently did not influence such outcomes for boys. These effects are observed primarily in females growing up in strongly religious or poor areas.

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@article{mustafa2024,
  title        = {{Does Education Affect Religiosity? Causal Evidence from a Conservative Emerging Economy}},
  author       = {Mustafa Özer et al.},
  journal      = {CESifo Economic Studies},
  year         = {2024},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifae003},
}

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0.67

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.87 × 0.4 = 0.35
M · momentum0.65 × 0.15 = 0.10
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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