dc.contributor.advisor |
Hossein, Radmard |
dc.contributor.author |
Stephanie, El Khoury |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-09-22T11:27:11Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-09-22T11:27:11Z |
dc.date.issued |
9/22/2020 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10938/21891 |
dc.description.abstract |
The relationship between religiosity and educational achievement and attainment has long been researched in numerous fields; however, economics has not yet adequately joined that research, especially in studies revolving around STEM. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescents to Adult Health (Add-Health) dataset, we seek to investigate the extent to which teenage religiosity has an impact on the decision to graduate with a STEM degree, assuming graduation in the sample. Results show that there is a curvilinear relationship between graduating STEM and teenage religiosity. Therefore, presenting a(n) (i) decrease in the odds of graduating with a STEM degree with a one-unit increase in low religiosity, (ii) increase in the odds of graduating with a STEM degree with a one-unit increase in moderate religiosity, and finally (iii) decrease in the odds of graduating with a STEM degree with a one-unit increase in high religiosity. |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.subject |
Education |
dc.subject |
Religion |
dc.subject |
Religiosity |
dc.title |
Teenage Religiosity and Graduating with a STEM Degree: Evidence of a Curvilinear Relationship |
dc.type |
Thesis |
dc.contributor.department |
Department of Economics |
dc.contributor.faculty |
Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
dc.contributor.institution |
American University of Beirut |
dc.contributor.commembers |
Canaan, Serena |
dc.contributor.commembers |
Mouganie, Pierre |