2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104915
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Does education secularize the Islamic population? The effect of years of schooling on religiosity, voting, and pluralism in Indonesia

Abstract: Evidence of a causal relationship between individual education and religiosity is limited in developing countries  We use the 1978 education reform in Indonesia to examine the impact of completed years of education on religiosity in later life  An additional year of schooling reduces self-reported religiousness and solitary religious acts  It also reduces the influence of religious factors on voting when they elect the local leaders and the president  Reform, which promotes the access to education, may hav… Show more

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“…They can evaluate leaders more objectively, not only from a religious background. Thus, this education and voting relationship may be explained by the rational consumer model (Masuda & Yudhistira, 2020). It is important here whether altruistic values or rationalism predominate.…”
Section: Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They can evaluate leaders more objectively, not only from a religious background. Thus, this education and voting relationship may be explained by the rational consumer model (Masuda & Yudhistira, 2020). It is important here whether altruistic values or rationalism predominate.…”
Section: Hypothesesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Building Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaah an-Nahdliyah Character as the Pillar of Islamic Moderation in Islamic Boarding School As the nation that respects the freedom of practicing religion and praying according to their belief, Indonesia is a nation with the biggest risk of religion conflict in Southeast Asia (Hanafi & Ikhsan, 2019;Kurnia et al, 2021;Masuda & Yudhistira, 2020). As the nation that respects the freedom of practicing religion and praying according to their belief, Indonesia is a nation with the biggest risk of religion conflict in Southeast Asia (Fathurrochman et al, 2019).…”
Section: Knowladge Atitudes and Practice (Kap) Of Aswaja An-nahdliyahmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Indeed, it is one of the most prominent tourism revenue sources for North Sumatra (Anele, 2020;Larashati et al, 2020). Indonesia frequently identifies as a Muslim nation (Kusumawati et al, 2020;Masuda & Yudhistira, 2020). Even so, there are not many Islamic regulations governing the government system in Indonesia, for example, when compared to Brunei Darussalam.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%