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The Impact Of Religion/Spirituality On Offspring'S Perceived Human Capital Investment In Africa

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  • Mduduzi Biyase

    (College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg)

  • Beatrice D Simo-Kengne

    (College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg)

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This paper examines the association between religiosity and individuals' perception of offspring education across spiritual denominations in selected African countries using the Words Values Surveys from the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s waves. Empirical results from clustered OLS indicate that individual's perception of offspring education correlate significantly with both religiosity involvement, "being active member of a religious group" or "Orthodox beliefs" and religious affiliation. Controlling for religion reveals that religious denominations do not share the same attitudes toward education of boys and girls with Protestants, Catholics, Jew +Buddhist+ Hindu and traditional religion being more progressive compared to Muslims and non-religious individuals. These findings suggest that indeed religion is not detrimental to education; however, some aspects of education might be inconsistent with religious faith, irrespective of the denomination. In religion driven context like Africa, education system should be inclusive of general cultural norms including religious values.

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  • Mduduzi Biyase & Beatrice D Simo-Kengne, 2022. "The Impact Of Religion/Spirituality On Offspring'S Perceived Human Capital Investment In Africa," Economics Working Papers edwrg-08-2022, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, revised 2022.
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    1. Horst Feldmann, 2019. "World Religions and Human Capital Investment: The Case of Primary Education," Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, , vol. 31(2), pages 101-123, July.
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