The Muslim Disparity in Education Attainment: Explanations from Indonesia
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This paper documents the gap in secondary education progression between Muslims and nonMuslims using a panel dataset from Indonesia. The finding is that Muslim males face a lower chance of enroling in senior secondary level. For those who graduated from senior secondary, the probability of a Muslim male to enrol in college is around 53 percent lower than a nonMuslim male. It appears that equalising two sets of covariates, scholastic ability and parental education, completely removes the gap at senior secondary enrolment. However, the gap at college enrolment appears to be related to labour market returns to college education.
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