The Political Economy of the American Mosque

• In Event: Religion and Politics in the US: New Data and Approaches

Brief Overview

We use a unique dataset of nearly 255,000 places of worship in the US to identify mosques across the country and investigate how individual mosque characteristics affect business ownership, employment, and political participation and awareness.

Authors

• Hasher Nisar, University of Michigan

• Mostafa El Sharkawy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor