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The effect of Protestantism on education before the industrialization : evidence from 1816 Prussia
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Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger. (2010) The effect of Protestantism on education before the industrialization : evidence from 1816 Prussia. Economics Letters, Vol.107 (No.2). pp. 224-228. ISSN 0165-1765
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.031
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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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economics Letters | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 | ||||
| Official Date: | May 2010 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.107 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 224-228 | ||||
| Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.031 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/45500 |
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