Secular Policies and Muslim Integration in the West: The Effects of the French Headscarf Ban

• In Event: Political Backlash Effects in Comparative Perspective

Brief Overview

We quantitatively evaluate the effects of the 2004 French law regulating the use of the Islamic dress in schools on the socioeconomic integration of French Muslim women.

Authors

• Vasiliki Fouka, Stanford University

• Aala Abdelgadir, Stanford University