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Becker, Sascha O., Nagler, Markus and Woessmann, Ludger (2014) Education promoted secularization. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2014 (Number 186). (Unpublished)

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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.

Item Type: Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper)
Alternative Title:
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
D History General and Old World > DD Germany
L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Europe -- Church history -- 19th century, Europe -- Church history -- 20th century, Germany -- Church history -- 19th century, Germany -- Church history -- 20th century, Education -- Germany -- History, Secularization -- Germany -- History -- 19th century
Series Name: CAGE Online Working Paper Series
Publisher: Department of Economics, University of Warwick
Place of Publication: Coventry, UK
Official Date: 10 March 2014
Dates:
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10 March 2014Published
Volume: Volume 2014
Number: Number 186
Number of Pages: 26
Status: Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Unpublished
Date of first compliant deposit: 28 July 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 28 July 2016
Funder: Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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