Religious practice and student performance : Evidence from Ramadan fasting

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Working Paper Series / Cluster of Excellence 'The Politics of Inequality'; No 06
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We investigate how the intensity of Ramadan affects educational outcomes by exploiting spatio-temporal variation in annual fasting hours. Longer fasting hours are related to increases in student performance in a panel of TIMMS test scores (1995–2019) across Muslim countries but not other countries. Results are confirmed in a panel of PISA test scores (2003–2018) allowing within country-wave comparisons of Muslim to non-Muslim students across Europe. We provide evidence consistent with the hypothesis that a demanding Ramadan during adolescence affects educational performance by facilitating formation of social capital and social identity via increased religious participation and shared experiences among students.
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Education, Religion, Religious Participation, Ramadan, Social Identity, Social Capital, PISA, TIMMS
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ISO 690HORNUNG, Erik, Guido SCHWERDT, Maurizio STRAZZERI, 2021. Religious practice and student performance : Evidence from Ramadan fasting
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