Abstract
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of advanced-school enrollment and Protestant church attendance in German cities between 1890 and 1930. Our cross-sectional estimates replicate a positive association. By contrast, in panel models where fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education – but not income or urbanization – is negatively related to church attendance. In panel models with lagged explanatory variables, educational expansion precedes reduced church attendance.
| Dokumententyp: | Paper |
|---|---|
| Fakultät: | Volkswirtschaft
Volkswirtschaft > Lehrstühle > CESifo-Professur für Empirische Innovationsökonomik |
| Themengebiete: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft |
| Ort: | Coventry and UK |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Dokumenten ID: | 20260 |
| Datum der Veröffentlichung auf Open Access LMU: | 15. Apr. 2014, 08:57 |
| Letzte Änderungen: | 29. Apr. 2016, 09:17 |
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