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Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England

Moffat, J.; Yoo, H.I

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H.I Yoo



Abstract

This paper investigates the effect of religion on the educational attainment of pupils in their final year of compulsory education in England. The results show that pupils that identify with any religion have better academic performance than other pupils, after controlling for various family, parental and neighbourhood characteristics. The outperformance is reinforced by previous attendance at religious classes but there is no similar effect from considering religion to be very important to their life. Allowing for religion-specific effects shows that Muslim pupils outperform Christian pupils although the performance of the latter group is boosted by attendance at religious classes.

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Moffat, J., & Yoo, H. (2020). Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England. Applied Economics, 52(4), 430-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1646872

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 15, 2019
Online Publication Date Jul 26, 2019
Publication Date 2020
Deposit Date Jul 16, 2019
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Applied Economics
Print ISSN 0003-6846
Electronic ISSN 1466-4283
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 52
Issue 4
Pages 430-442
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1646872
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1326932

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