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dc.contributor.author | Adida, Claire L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Laitin, David D. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Valfort, Marie-Anne | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-15 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-15T07:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-15T07:59:19Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.pi | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201207125546 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58974 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x6421 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C90 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D03 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J15 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J16 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J71 | en |
dc.subject.jel | Z12 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | development | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Islam | en |
dc.subject.keyword | gender | en |
dc.subject.keyword | discrimination | en |
dc.subject.keyword | France | en |
dc.subject.keyword | experimental economics | en |
dc.subject.stw | Migranten | en |
dc.subject.stw | Ethnische Gruppe | en |
dc.subject.stw | Muslime | en |
dc.subject.stw | Geschlechterdiskriminierung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Test | en |
dc.subject.stw | Arbeitsmarkt | en |
dc.subject.stw | Frankreich | en |
dc.title | Gender, economic development and Islam: A perspective from France | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 715722565 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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