Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114108 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9244
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This study analyses whether the role of religion for employment of married women in Europe has changed over time and along women's life cycles. Using information on 44'000 married European women from the World Values Survey 1981-2013, we find that in OECD-Europe there is little difference among women of any age since 1997. For non-OECD-Europe, we find differences by religion among young women, but not among those older than 40 years, which we attribute to an upbringing under communist regimes. Only Muslim women show a lower employment probability that persists across time, regions, and life cycles.
Subjects: 
religion
labor market participation
modernization
gender
Europe
transition countries
Eastern Europe
OECD
World Values Survey
JEL: 
D83
J16
J22
N34
Z12
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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