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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 (Unpublished)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) | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion D History General and Old World > DD Germany L Education > L Education (General) |
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| 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 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 2014 | ||||
| Number: | Number 186 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 26 | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Unpublished | ||||
| Funder: | Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz |
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