Religion, Ideology and Fertility

Kazuhiro Kumo and Cristiano Perugini
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Kazuhiro Kumo: Hitotsubashi University

No 16159, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how attachment to religion is connected to conservative gender role beliefs and to what extent they, in turn, materialize into fertility decisions. We also test the hypothesis that exposure to gender-progressive political regimes and ideology can weaken this chain of effects, by eroding either the way religion shapes gender roles or the impact of gender beliefs on fertility. Our empirical analysis is based on World Value Survey (WVS) data for five Muslim ex-Soviet Republics vis-à-vis seven other Muslim countries in the neighbouring regions. Results highlight that higher attachment to religion is in both groups associated with more traditional gender roles; however, the link is significantly weaker for the individuals of former communist countries who spent their formative age under Soviet rule. More conservative gender beliefs, in turn, do not translate into higher fertility in Muslim ex-USSR Republics, while the opposite holds for other Muslim countries.

Keywords: religion; gender norms; fertility; ex-Ussr (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 P20 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2023-05
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Published - published online as 'Religion, Gender Norms and Fertility in Muslim Post-Communist Economies' in: Post-Communist Economies , 15 December 2024

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