Gender inequality, culture, and institutions
We analyze the impact of culture and institutions on gender inequality attitudes in areas such as education, politics, and employment for women. Culture is represented by family ties and religiosity, constructed from the World Values Survey (WVS). Institutions are proxied by the stock of democracy,...
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| author | Nasri Mohamed Rahim Denise, Josephine Sabine Florence Muhammad Iqbal Ibrahim |
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| description | We analyze the impact of culture and institutions on gender inequality attitudes in areas such as education, politics, and employment for women. Culture is represented by family ties and religiosity, constructed from the World Values Survey (WVS). Institutions are proxied by the stock of democracy, derived from Polity IV data. Our research shows conclusive statistical evidence suggesting that both family ties and religiosity have positive impacts on gender unequal attitudes. We find that religiosity has a greater impact than family ties in influencing gender unequal attitudes. Contrastingly, we observe that the longer a country has embraced democracy, the weaker its population’s gender unequal attitudes. The results remain valid even after conducting a battery of robustness checks where several controls were added. Our paper contributes to a better understanding of how culture, institutions, and gender inequality are related. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/735192019-12-10T13:26:59Z Gender inequality, culture, and institutions Nasri Mohamed Rahim Denise, Josephine Sabine Florence Muhammad Iqbal Ibrahim James Ang School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women DRNTU::Humanities::Religions We analyze the impact of culture and institutions on gender inequality attitudes in areas such as education, politics, and employment for women. Culture is represented by family ties and religiosity, constructed from the World Values Survey (WVS). Institutions are proxied by the stock of democracy, derived from Polity IV data. Our research shows conclusive statistical evidence suggesting that both family ties and religiosity have positive impacts on gender unequal attitudes. We find that religiosity has a greater impact than family ties in influencing gender unequal attitudes. Contrastingly, we observe that the longer a country has embraced democracy, the weaker its population’s gender unequal attitudes. The results remain valid even after conducting a battery of robustness checks where several controls were added. Our paper contributes to a better understanding of how culture, institutions, and gender inequality are related. Bachelor of Arts 2018-03-26T06:41:54Z 2018-03-26T06:41:54Z 2018 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73519 en 36 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women DRNTU::Humanities::Religions Nasri Mohamed Rahim Denise, Josephine Sabine Florence Muhammad Iqbal Ibrahim Gender inequality, culture, and institutions |
| title | Gender inequality, culture, and institutions |
| title_full | Gender inequality, culture, and institutions |
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| title_short | Gender inequality, culture, and institutions |
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| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::Political institutions DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women DRNTU::Humanities::Religions |
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