Unveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkey

dc.contributor.authorÇörekçioğlu, Gözde
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-22T21:49:48Z
dc.date.available2020-12-22T21:49:48Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Ekonomi Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractReligious conservatism is often associated with patriarchal attitudes and deterioration of women's rights. This conventional wisdom has motivated ubiquitous policies that limit public expressions of religion and emphasize secular values. This paper demonstrates that a policy change which undermines secularity ends up empowering women. The current article takes advantage of a unique divergence in political institutions that occurred in Turkey's recent history to explore how revoking a headscarf ban affected employment outcomes of women in the public sector. In a difference-in-discontinuities setting, I exploit the before/after discontinuous policy variation and compare female employment within municipalities that have Islamist and secular mayors. I find that eliminating legal obstacles against observant Muslim women in the labor market improves female employment in Islamist municipalities. Yet, when women are not allowed to wear headscarves to work, Islamist mayors employ less women vis-à-vis secular mayors. Overall, findings point to unintended consequences of headscarf bans on pious women.en_US
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jce.2020.09.004en_US
dc.identifier.issn0147-5967en_US
dc.identifier.issn0147-5967
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85092010593en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3632
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2020.09.004
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000651888600006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.institutionauthorÇörekçioğlu, Gözdeen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc.en_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Comparative Economicsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessen_US
dc.subjectFemale employmenten_US
dc.subjectIslamen_US
dc.subjectLocal governmenten_US
dc.subjectRegression discontinuityen_US
dc.subjectVeilingen_US
dc.titleUnveiling the effects of a headscarf ban: Evidence from municipal jobs in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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