Religious Schools, Social Values, and Economic Attitudes: Evidence from Bangladesh(Article)(Open Access)
- aUniversity of Reading, United Kingdom
- bESRC Centre on SKOPE, Oxford University, United Kingdom
- cInstitute for the Study of Labour (IZA), Bonn, Germany
- dThe World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
Abstract
This paper uses new data on female graduates of registered secondary secular schools and madrasas from rural Bangladesh and tests whether there exist attitudinal gaps by school type and what teacher-specific factors explain these gaps. Even after controlling for a rich set of individual, family and school traits, we find that madrasa graduates differ on attitudes associated with issues such as working mothers, desired fertility, and higher education for girls, when compared to their secular schooled peers. On the other hand, madrasa education is associated with attitudes that are still conducive to democracy. We also find that exposure to female and younger teacher is associated with more favorable attitudes among graduates. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Indexed keywords
| GEOBASE Subject Index: | education reformgender issuereligionrural areasecondary educationwomens status |
|---|---|
| Regional Index: | AsiaBangladeshEurasiaSouth Asia |
Funding details
| Funding sponsor | Funding number | Acronym |
|---|---|---|
| Economic and Social Research Council See opportunities by ESRC | ES/G020183/1 | ESRC |
- ISSN: 0305750X
- Source Type: Journal
- Original language: English
- DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.10.014
- Document Type: Article
Asadullah, M.N.; University of Reading, United Kingdom
© Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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