Gender inequality in education: Political institutions or culture and religion?

Arusha Cooray and Niklas Potrafke

No 2010-01, Working Paper Series of the Department of Economics, University of Konstanz from Department of Economics, University of Konstanz

Abstract: We investigate empirically whether political institutions or culture and religion underlie gender inequality in education. The dataset contains up to 157 countries over the 1991-2006 period. The results indicate that political institutions do not significantly influence education of girls: autocratic regimes do not discriminate against girls in denying educational opportunities and democracies do not discriminate by gender when providing educational opportunities. The primary influences on gender inequality in education are culture and religion. Discrimination against girls is especially pronounced in Muslim dominated countries.

Keywords: Gender discrimination; education; democracy; religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O11 O15 O43 O57 P26 P36 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2010-07-13
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