In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in … its economic development. Joseon Korea was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign powers as a result of which … Christian missionaries entered the country and contributed to the establishment of private schools. We show that areas with a …

In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in … its economic development. Joseon Korea was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign powers as a result of which … Christian missionaries entered the country and contributed to the establishment of private schools. We show that areas with a …

Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882 … Woodberry (2004, 2009, 2011) and Nunn (2009) in the case of the Republic of Korea. Mainline Protestant missions - Presbyterian … and Methodist - promoted the Social Gospel and were the largest in the Republic of Korea implementing successful …

, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … denomination, whereas towns are less segregated. Yet, we find relatively lower levels of segregation by literacy. Regression … analyses with county-fixed effects show that a larger share of Protestants is associated with higher literacy rates across all …

, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town … denomination, whereas towns are less segregated. Yet, we find relatively lower levels of segregation by literacy. Regression … analyses with county-fixed effects show that a larger share of Protestants is associated with higher literacy rates across all …

. Significant CWR variations have been observed with definite regional pattern. Considering female literacy and religion identity as … districts where religion identity picks up a major part of the explanation provided by the female literacy in explaining Child … Women Ratio variations. Furthermore it shows the relative effectiveness of the ‘religion difference in female literacy' in …