Abstract
In developing countries, a child’s human capital development often depends on a trade-off between attending school and engaging in work activities. While the emphasis placed by religion on education means that parents may assign more importance to schooling, parents engaging in time-consuming religious activities may require their children to work more to compensate. Given these countervailing forces, we conduct a field study in Pakistan to assess the impact of parental religiosity on children’s educational attainment and work activities. We find that parental religiosity has a robust positive impact on children’s school outcomes and reduces their work activity, and parents with less time-consuming religious practices drive these results.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 519-560 |
| Number of pages | 42 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization |
| Volume | 197 |
| Early online date | 1 Apr 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2022 |
Data Availability Statement
Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.03.015Keywords
- Religion
- Human capital
Access to Document
- Malik_etal_JEBO_Parental_Religiosity_And_AAM
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