Gender inequality in education : political institutions or culture and religion?

Cooray, Arusha; Potrafke, Niklas

Gender inequality in education : political institutions or culture and religion?

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2010

Authors

Cooray, Arusha

Potrafke, Niklas

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Working Paper Series / Department of Economics; 2010-01

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Working Paper/Technical Report

Abstract

We investigate empirically whether political institutions or culture and religion underlie gender inequality in education. The dataset contains up to 157 countries over the 1991-2006 period. The results indicate that political institutions do not significantly influence education of girls: autocratic regimes do not discriminate against girls in denying educational opportunities and democracies do not discriminate by gender when providing educational opportunities. The primary influences on gender inequality in education are culture and religion. Discrimination against girls is especially pronounced in Muslim dominated countries.

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330 Economics

Keywords

Gender discrimination, education, democracy, religion

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COORAY, Arusha, Niklas POTRAFKE, 2010. Gender inequality in education : political institutions or culture and religion?

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@techreport{Cooray2010Gende-29521,
  year={2010},
  series={Working Paper Series / Department of Economics},
  title={Gender inequality in education : political institutions or culture and religion?},
  number={2010-01},
  author={Cooray, Arusha and Potrafke, Niklas}
}

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