Religiosity, gender, and wage: the differentiated impact of private prayer in Canada

Maryam Dilmaghani ()

International Journal of Social Economics, 2015, vol. 42, issue 10, 888-905

Abstract: Purpose - – Does religiosity impact wages differently for males and females? Does the impact on wage of different dimensions of religiosity, namely the importance of religion, the frequency of religious practice with others and individually, differ for men and women? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach - – Using the Canadian Ethnic Diversity Survey, made public in 2004, this paper investigates whether there are evidences for a gender difference in the impact of religiosity on wage. A Mincerean wage regression is estimated using both multiple linear regression and Heckit. Findings - – Religious females are found to receive a premium over their labour earnings, through the frequency of private-prayer while the same dimension of religiosity penalizes males’ mean wage. The by-gender impact slightly widens for the subsample of employees, while it diminishes for the self-employed. Research limitations/implications - – Making use of the most comprehensive data set available and standard methodology, the paper creates stylized facts that are of interest to the scholars of a multiplicity of disciplines. Practical implications - – It advances the body of knowledge about the impact of religiosity on productivity and whether it has a by-gender component. Social implications - – The research also informs policy-makers in their decision about the appropriate level of accommodation of religiosity in the workplace. Originality/value - – The present work is the first research paper examining the by-gender impact of different dimensions of religiosity on productivity thereby wage.

Keywords: Gender; Labour; Religion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1108/IJSE-11-2013-0261

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