@techreport{Adida2012Gender,
abstract = {Muslims do less well on the French labor market than their non Muslim counterparts. One explanation for this relative failure can be characterized by the following syllogism: (1) the empowerment of women is a sine qua non for economic progress; (2) in-group norms among Muslims do not empower women; and hence (3) Muslim communities will underperform economically relative to non-Muslim communities. This paper, relying on a unique identification strategy that isolates religion from national origin and ethnicity, and on experimental as well as survey evidence collected in France, puts this syllogism to a test. Our data show that Muslim and Christian gender norms are as postulated. However, the correlations between Muslim vs. Christian immigrants and the channels purported to link in-group gender norms to economic progress are weak and inconsistent. Speculations are offered on the intervening variables that mitigate the effect of Muslim gender norms on economic performance.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Claire L. Adida and David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C90; D03; J15; J16; J71; Z12; 330; development; Islam; gender; discrimination; France; experimental economics; Migranten; Ethnische Gruppe; Muslime; Geschlechterdiskriminierung; Test; Arbeitsmarkt; Frankreich},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-201207125546},
number = {6421},
publisher = {IZA},
title = {Gender, economic development and Islam: A perspective from France},
type = {Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58974},
year = {2012}
}
