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Religious education in school affects students’ lives in the long run

  • Being exposed to compulsory religious education in school can have long-run consequences for students’ lives. At different points in time since the 1970s, German states terminated compulsory religious education in public schools and replaced it by a choice between ethics classes and religious education. This article shows that the reform not only led to reduced religiosity in students’ later life, but also eroded traditional attitudes towards gender roles and increased labor-market participation and earnings.

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Author of HS ReutlingenZierow, Larissa
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-40759
URL:https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2022/article-journal/religious-education-school-affects-students-lives-long-run
ISSN:1615-245X
eISSN:2190-717X
Erschienen in:CESifo forum
Publisher:Ifo
Place of publication:Munich
Document Type:Journal article
Language:English
Publication year:2022
Tag:Germany; church schools; education; gender; labour market outcomes; religion; religious education
Volume:23
Issue:3
Page Number:4
First Page:40
Last Page:43
PPN:Im Katalog der Hochschule Reutlingen ansehen
DDC classes:330 Wirtschaft
Open access?:Ja
Licence (German):License Logo  Open Access