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Was Weber wrong? : a human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2007 - This version: January 22, 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from...
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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … studies the role of the Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly … history. Third, many socioeconomic factors matter in the historical development of religions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239065
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Religion in economic history : a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This paper surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … studies the role of the Catholic Church in European economic history since the medieval period. Taking advantage of newly … history. Third, many socioeconomic factors matter in the historical development of religions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229328
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Religion in economic history : a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229697
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Religion in economic history : a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229974
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School competition and students' entrepreneurial intentions: International evidence using historical Catholic roots of private schooling
Falck, Oliver; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
School choice research mostly focuses on academic outcomes. Policymakers increasingly view entrepreneurial traits as a non-cognitive outcome important for economic growth. We use international PISA-2006 student-level data to estimate the effect of private-school competition on students'...
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
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Education Promoted Secularization
Becker, Sascha O. - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057049
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Education Promoted Secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315625
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Institutional Comparisons in Educational Production
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 3-6
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