ABSTRACT

This paper investigates the impact of increased education, due to an exogenous education reform, on time spent in religious activities by utilizing the Turkish Time Use Survey data. The education reform significantly rises individuals’ years of schooling. We also document that for women, increased education has a negative causal impact on the allocation of time to religious activities. However, there are no significant effects of education on men’s time spent in religious activities. As a result, we suggest that education plays an important role in altering individuals’ religious behaviour through its effects on preferences.

中文翻译：

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教育对宗教活动时间的影响：来自土耳其的证据

摘要

本文利用土耳其时间使用调查数据调查了由于外生教育改革而增加的教育对宗教活动时间的影响。教育改革显着提高了个人受教育年限。我们还记录到，对于女性来说，增加教育会对宗教活动的时间分配产生负面的因果影响。然而，教育对男性在宗教活动中花费的时间没有显着影响。因此，我们认为教育通过对偏好的影响在改变个人的宗教行为方面发挥着重要作用。