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

Mustafa Özer, Jan Fidrmuc, Emmanouil Mentzakis and Özcan Özkan
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Mustafa Özer: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Kilis Yedi Aralık University, Kilis
Özcan Özkan: Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Science, Kilis Yedi Aralık University, Kilis,

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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.

Date: 2024-03-01
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Published in CESifo Economic Studies, 2024, 70 (1), pp.34-50. ⟨10.1093/cesifo/ifae003⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/cesifo/ifae003

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