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Luther and the girls : religious denomination and the female education gap in 19th century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O. (contributor);  … - 2008
exogenous variation in Protestantism due to a county's or town's distance to Wittenberg, the birthplace of the Reformation … ; Protestantism …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778471
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Luther and the Girls : Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O. - 2008
exogenous variation in Protestantism due to a county's or town's distance to Wittenberg, the birthplace of the Reformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769926
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Luther and the Girls : Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
exogenous variation in Protestantism due to a county's or town's distance to Wittenberg, the birthplace of the Reformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324778
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Luther and the girls : religious denomination and the female education gap in nineteenth-century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 110 (2008) 4, pp. 777-805
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003792139
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Luther and the girls : religious denomination and the female education gap in 19th century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222657
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Luther and the girls: religious denomination and the female education gap in 19th century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2008
exogenous variation in Protestantism due to a county's or town's distance to Wittenberg, the birthplace of the Reformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317734
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The effect of protestantism on education before the industrialization : evidence from 1816 Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
This paper uses recently discovered data on nearly 300 Prussian counties in 1816 to show that Protestantism led to more … Protestant economic history of Becker and Woessmann (2009), where Protestantism first led to better education, which in turn …. -- education ; Protestantism ; pre-industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925192
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The Effect of Protestantism on Education Before the Industrialization : Evidence from 1816 Prussia
Becker, Sascha O. - 2010
This paper uses recently discovered data on nearly 300 Prussian counties in 1816 to show that Protestantism led to more … Protestant economic history of Becker and Woessmann (2009), where Protestantism first led to better education, which in turn …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148775
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Education policy and equality of opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela (contributor);  … - 2005
We provide a measure of equality of educational opportunity in 54 countries, estimated as the effect of family background on student performance in two international TIMSS tests. We then show how organizational features of the education system affect equality of educational opportunity. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003302847
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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402504