Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20755 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1456
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper models the tradeoffs between education in secular subjects, formal and informal, and the formation of religion-specific human capital. It explores some implications of negative externalities between religious and secular education. Applications include the tension between science and religion during the European Enlightenment and the development of religious education by American Jewry in the 20th century United States. The paper also discusses some implications for the vitality and intergenerational robustness of religious communities.
Subjects: 
religion
ethnic groups
education
minorities
JEL: 
J15
J20
Z12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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