Gender equality in Muslim-majority countries

Moamen Gouda and Niklas Potrafke

Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics

Abstract: Discrimination against women has been documented in Muslim-majority countries. However, constitutions among Muslim-majority countries differ. By using women's rights indicators and exploiting cross-country variation, we find that discrimination against women is more pronounced in countries where Islam is the source of legislation. Constitutions have changed in only four Muslim-majority countries since 1980. We discuss anecdotal evidence concerning the extent to which women's rights changed as a consequence of new constitutions. Empirical studies should therefore distinguish between types of Muslim-majority countries. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Date: 2016
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Published in Economic Systems 4 40(2016): pp. 683-698

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