| Becker, Sascha O.; Wößmann, Ludger (2010): The effect of Protestantism on education before the industrialization: Evidence from 1816 Prussia. In: Economics Letters, Vol. 107, No. 2: pp. 224-228 |
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Abstract
Across Prussian counties and towns, Protestantism led to more schooling already in 1816, before the Industrial Revolution. This supports a human capital theory of Protestant economic history and rules out a Weberian explanation of Protestant education just resulting from industrialization.
| Item Type: | Journal article |
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| Faculties: | Economics Economics > Chairs > CESifo-Professorship for Empirical Innovation Economics |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Language: | English |
| ID Code: | 20254 |
| Deposited On: | 15. Apr 2014 08:57 |
| Last Modified: | 26. Jun 2018 08:56 |
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