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Economic Development and Religiosity: An Investigation of Turkish Cities

In: Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Economic Issues in a Globalizing World

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  • Sacit Hadi Akdede

    (Adnan Menderes University)

  • Hakan Hotunluoðlu

    (Adnan Menderes University)

Abstract

The relationship between the degree of religiosity and economic development is empirically investigated for a cross-section of all Turkish cities with municipal authorities. It is found that economic development and the degree of religiosity have a non-linear relationship. Religiosity increases with industrialization first, however, as the industrialization increases more, the degree of religiosity decreases. Coastal towns are less religious. Mosques and schools are complements rather than substitutes as they affect each other positively. This can be interpreted as the ideological competition between religious communities and secularists.

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  • Sacit Hadi Akdede & Hakan Hotunluoðlu, 2008. "Economic Development and Religiosity: An Investigation of Turkish Cities," Papers of the Annual IUE-SUNY Cortland Conference in Economics, in: Oguz Esen & Ayla Ogus (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference on Emerging Economic Issues in a Globalizing World, pages 261-271, Izmir University of Economics.
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