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culture and religion merely reflect the latter? We explore this issue by studying the case of Protestantism in China during … socioeconomic indicators in 2000, we find that the spread of Protestantism has generated significant positive effects in long …-term economic growth through other channels, such as through transformed social values. If so, then a significant amount of China …
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culture and religion merely reflect the latter? We explore this issue by studying the case of Protestantism in China during … socioeconomic indicators in 2000, we find that the spread of Protestantism has generated significant positive effects in long …-term economic growth through other channels, such as through transformed social values. If so, then a significant amount of China …
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The Protestant missionaries started the trend to educate women in the 19th century China, paving Chinese women’s way …
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China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced …
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China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced …
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Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882, respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been divergent. The analysis presented in this paper supports the findings of Woodberry (2004, 2009, 2011) and Nunn (2009)...
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Protestant missions from the United States entered the Republic of Korea and Guatemala at the same time (1884 and 1882, respectively). Yet, their impact on human capital has been divergent. The analysis presented in this paper supports the findings of Woodberry (2004, 2009, 2011) and Nunn (2009)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084466
Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With … figures of 272 cities in the years 1300–1900, I find no effects of Protestantism on economic growth. The finding is precisely …. Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of economic development. Instrumental variables estimates …
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Following Max Weber, many theories have hypothesized that Protestantism should have favored economic development. With … figures of 272 cities in the years 1300-1900, I find no effects of Protestantism on economic growth. The finding is precisely …. Protestantism has no effect when interacted with other likely determinants of economic development. Instrumental variables estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009747005
Protestantism is associated with economic freedom, Islam is not, with Catholicism in between. The Protestant ethic requires economic … that Protestantism is most conducive to economic freedom. …
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