How does religion in the UK correlate with pay gaps?

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Quantitative Analysis, How does religion in the UK correlate with pay gaps? you will be asked to do some basic quantitative work based on this question.Skim through the following articles. • Hills, J. (2010) An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK – Report of the National Equality Panel. LSE STICERD Research Paper No. CASE report 60 • Longhi S., and Platt, L. (2008) Pay Gaps Across Equalities Areas: An analysis of pay gaps and pay penalties by sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation and age using the Labour Force Survey. Institute for Social and Economic Research, Research Report 9. University of Essex. o Based on these articles, identify a source of pay gaps in the UK other than gender that interests you. A possible, but by no means exhaustive list would include location, disability, ethnicity etc. o Be sure that there are variables in our LFS dataset that allow you to explore your topic (and if there are not, choose a topic that does have relevant LFS variables).

2. Use Google Scholar or the QMUL library website to identify 3 additional journal articles or academic working papers that examine the pay gap of your choice. These must be from peer- reviewed sources – not journalistic ones. 3. Use these three studies (plus relevant parts of Longhi & Platt, and Hills) to motivate your own empirical inquiry into the pay gap of your choice. Using the Labour Force Survey data, conduct research and write a report that does the following o Determine whether there are significant differences in pay according to the factor of your choosing o Consider if these differences survive the inclusion of individual-level control variables. Make sure you are explaining why the control variables make sense. o Diagnose your regression results, in terms of any assumptions that might or might not be upheld. o Discuss the relationship between your findings that those of the previous literature that is motivating your analysis. Why might they differ? o Consider the confidence with which we might speak of the relationship you describe being causal. What might limit our confidence, and what strengthens it?