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Religious tolerance as engine of innovation
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2017
innovation during the second industrial revolution. Religious tolerance is measured through population's religious diversity …We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological … creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774957
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Religious tolerance as engine of innovation
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011819265
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The role of human capital and innovation in Prussian economic development
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2013
causal effect of human capital on income, net of the innovation channel. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792180
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The Role of Human Capital and Innovation in Prussian Economic Development
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2013
causal effect of human capital on income, net of the innovation channel. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323011
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Religion and innovation
Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509962
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Religion and Innovation
Benabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - 2015
waves of the World Values Survey (1980 to 2005). We thus relate eleven indicators of individual openness to innovation … individual level, examining the relationship between religiosity and a broad set of pro- or anti-innovation attitudes in all five … innovation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010531672
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The fall of Constantinople and the rise of the West
Link, Andreas - 2023
The Renaissance era in Western Europe was marked by a flourishing of economic and cultural life that gave rise to numerous discoveries and inventions. This paper studies the role played by Greek migrants in this process. Using a newly constructed dataset on Greek migrants in Europe after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014227815
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Weber Revisited: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Nationalism
Kersting, Felix; Wohnsiedler, Iris; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2020
We revisit Max Weber’s hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber’s Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late nineteenth-century Prussia we reject Weber’s suggestion that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269491
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Weber revisited: The protestant ethic and the spirit of nationalism
Kersting, Felix; Wohnsiedler, Iris; Wolf, Nikolaus - 2019
We revisit Max Weber's hypothesis on the role of Protestantism for economic development. We show that nationalism is crucial to both, the interpretation of Weber's Protestant Ethic and empirical tests thereof. For late 19th century Prussia we reject Weber's suggestion that Protestantism mattered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290330
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The Economic Effects of the Protestant Reformation: Testing the Weber Hypothesis in the German Lands
Cantoni, Davide - 2013
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With its religious heterogeneity, the Holy Roman Empire presents an ideal testing ground for this hypothesis. Using population figures of 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427659