The Economic Side of Religious Discrimination in France: A Review

Christophe Jalil Nordman
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Christophe Jalil Nordman: DIAL - Développement, institutions et analyses de long terme, DIG CANCER - Dynamique de l'information génétique : bases fondamentales et cancer - Institut Curie [Paris] - SU - Sorbonne Université - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Religious discrimination in France is an important social issue that has severely impacted the economic lives of the targeted religious minorities, especially in the recent period. Over the years, various studies have been conducted to assess the extent of discrimination and its effects on different socioeconomic dimensions. This chapter discusses this existing literature and proposes a reflection on the resulting established knowledge. I focus on studies published in the last 20 years and make a selection of literature in the field of economics mainly (with some incursions in sociological studies). This chapter covers religious discrimination revealed in domains such as job access, labor market trends, housing sector, language, and other important dimensions. It shows that there exists a relative consensus on the importance, economic consequences, and drivers of religious discrimination in France, especially against the Muslim population.

Keywords: religious discrimination; Inequality of opportunity; France; Labor market trends; Housing; Muslim population; Economic discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-07
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Published in Handbook on Economics of Discrimination and Affirmative Action, pp.443-462, 2023, ⟨10.1007/978-981-19-4166-5_27⟩

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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4166-5_27

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