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Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2013) Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties. Working Paper. Coventry: Economics Department, University of Warwick. Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS), Volume 2013 (Number 1003). (Unpublished)
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Abstract
The interplay between religion and the economy has occupied social scientists for long. We construct a unique panel of income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a marked decline in church attendance coinciding with increasing income. The cross-section also shows a negative association between
income and church attendance. But the association disappears in panel analyses, including firstdifferenced models of the 1886-1911 change, panel models with county and time fixed effects, and panel Granger-causality tests. The results cast doubt on causal interpretations of the religioneconomy nexus in Prussian secularization.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Prussia (Germany) -- Religion -- Economic aspects, Prussia (Germany) -- History -- 1870- -- Economic aspects, Prussia (Germany) -- Social life and customs, Prussia (Germany) -- Economic conditions, Prussia (Germany) -- Church attendance, Income -- Prussia (Germany) | ||||
Series Name: | Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS) | ||||
Publisher: | Economics Department, University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2013 | ||||
Number: | Number 1003 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||
Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Funder: | Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2013) Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties. Working Paper. Coventry: Economics Department, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series Volume 2013, No. 110 |
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