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Breaking with Dogma: Unorthodox Consumption Patterns and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey

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  • F. Kemal Kızılca

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Using information about household consumption data from TURKSTAT's Household Surveys for 2007–13 as a sign of religious unorthodoxy, this study explores the effect of religion on women's labor force and educational participation in a Muslim-majority country, Turkey. A household is categorized as “unorthodox” if its members report that they consume goods that contradict conservative Sunni practices, such as alcohol. This information is then used in female labor force participation estimations. Results show that living in an unorthodox household has a positive and highly significant effect on the probability of married women's labor market participation. For single women, the estimations provide weaker evidence regarding the positive effect of unorthodoxy on the probability of participation in education and the labor force. The study concludes that protection of the rights to follow unorthodox practices in society may bear positive implications with regard to women's agency.

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  • F. Kemal Kızılca, 2016. "Breaking with Dogma: Unorthodox Consumption Patterns and Women's Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 1-30, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:22:y:2016:i:4:p:1-30
    DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2016.1154976
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