2021

Becker, Sascha O., Pino, Francisco J. and Vidal-Robert, Jordi (2021) Freedom of the Press? Catholic censorship during the Counter Reformation. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1356). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Heblich, Stephan and Sturm, Daniel M. (2021) The impact of public employment : evidence from Bonn. Journal of Urban Economics, 122 . 103291. doi:10.1016/j.jue.2020.103291

Becker, Sascha O. and Won, Cheongyeon (2021) Jesus speaks Korean : Christianity and literacy in colonial Korea. Rivista di Storia Economica . doi:10.1410/99826 (In Press)

Becker, Sascha O., Lindenthal, Volker, Mukand, Sharun W. and Waldinger, Fabian (2021) Persecution and escape : professional networks and high-skilled emigration from Nazi Germany. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1330). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Won, Cheongyeon (2021) Jesus speaks Korean : Christianity and literacy in colonial Korea. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1322). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Hvide, Hans K. (2021) Entrepreneur death and startup performance. Review of Finance . rfab015. doi:10.1093/rof/rfab015 (In Press)

Battistin, Erich, Becker, Sascha O. and Nunziata, Luca (2021) More choice for men? Marriage patterns after World War II in Italy. Journal of Demographic Economics . (In Press)

2020

Becker, Sascha O. and Hornung, Erik (2020) The political economy of the Prussian three-class franchise. Journal of Economic History, 80 (4). 1143-1188 . doi:10.1017/S0022050720000443

Becker, Sascha O., Hsiao, Yuan, Pfaff, Steven and Rubin, Jared (2020) Multiplex network ties and the spatial diffusion of radical innovations : Martin Luther’s leadership in the early reformation. American Sociological Review, 85 (5). pp. 857-894. doi:10.1177/0003122420948059

Becker, Sascha O. and Cinnirella, Francesco (2020) Prussia disaggregated : the demography of its universe of localities in 1871. Journal of Demographic Economics, 86 (3). pp. 259-290. doi:10.1017/dem.2020.12

Becker, Sascha O., Rubin, Jared and Woessmann , Ludger (2020) Religion in economic history : a survey. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1273). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Grosfeld, Irena, Grosjean, Pauline, Voigtländer, Nico and Zhuracskaya, Ekaterina (2020) Forced migration and human capital : evidence from post-WWII population transfers. American Economic Review, 110 (5). pp. 1430-1463. doi:10.1257/aer.20181518

Becker, Sascha O. and Cinnirella, Francesco (2020) Prussia disaggregated : the demography of its universe of localities in 1871. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1264). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Mergele, Lukas and Woessmann, Ludger (2020) The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of Communism. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1255). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Mergele, Lukas and Woessmann, Ludger (2020) The separation and reunification of Germany : rethinking a natural experiment interpretation of the enduring effects of Communism. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 34 (2). pp. 143-171. doi:10.1257/jep.34.2.143

2019

Becker, Sascha O. and Hornung, Erik (2019) The political economy of the Prussian three-class franchise. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1223). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Ferrara, Andreas (2019) Consequences of forced migration : a survey of recent findings. Labour Economics, 59 . pp. 1-16. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.02.007

Becker, Sascha O., Fernandes, Ana and Weichselbaumer, Doris (2019) Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility : evidence from a large-scale field experiment. Labour Economics, 59 . pp. 139-152. doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.04.009

Becker, Sascha O. and Pascali, Luigi (2019) Religion, division of labor and conflict : anti-semitism in Germany over 600 years. American Economic Review, 109 (5). pp. 1764-1804. doi:10.1257/aer.20170279

Becker, Sascha O., Fernandes, Ana and Weichselbaumer, Doris (2019) Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility : evidence from a large-scale field experiment. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1193). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2019) Data for Social cohesion, religious beliefs, and the effect of Protestantism on suicide. [Dataset]

Alabrese, Eleanora, Becker, Sascha O., Fetzer, Thiemo and Novy, Dennis (2019) Who voted for Brexit? Individual and regional data combined. European Journal of Political Economy, 56 . pp. 132-150. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.08.002

2018

Becker, Sascha O., Ferrara, Andreas, Melander, Eric and Pascali , Luigi (2018) Wars, local political institutions, and fiscal capacity : evidence from six centuries of German history. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1182). (Unpublished)

Alabrese, Eleonora, Becker, Sascha O., Fetzer, Thiemo and Novy, Dennis (2018) Who voted for Brexit? : individual and regional data combined. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1172). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2018) Social cohesion, religious beliefs, and the effect of Protestantism on suicide. Review of Economics and Statistics, 100 (3). pp. 377-391. doi:10.1162/REST_a_00708

Becker, Sascha O. and Fetzer, Thiemo (2018) Has Eastern European migration impacted UK-born workers? Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1165). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Grosfeld, Irena, Grosjean, Pauline, Voigtländer, Nico and Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina (2018) Forced migration and human capital : evidence from post- WWII population transfers. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1164). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Fetzer, Thiemo (2018) Why an EU Referendum? Why in 2016? Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1160).

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter H. and von Ehrlich, Maximilian (2018) Effects of EU regional policy : 1989-2013. Regional Science and Urban Economics, 69 . pp. 143-152. doi:10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2017.12.001

Becker, Sascha O., Heblich, Stephan and Sturm, Daniel M. (2018) The impact of public employment : evidence from Bonn. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1146). (Unpublished)

2017

Becker, Sascha O., Fetzer, Thiemo and Novy, Dennis (2017) Who voted for Brexit? A comprehensive district-level analysis. Economic Policy, 32 (92). pp. 601-650. doi:10.1093/epolic/eix012

Becker, Sascha O., Nagler, Markus and Woessmann, Ludger (2017) Education and religious participation : city-level evidence from Germany’s secularization period 1890–1930. Journal of Economic Growth, 22 (3). pp. 273-311. doi:10.1007/s10887-017-9142-2

2016

Becker, Sascha O., Pfaff, Steven and Rubin, Jared (2016) Causes and consequences of the protestant reformation. Explorations in Economic History, 62 . pp. 1-25. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2016.07.007

Becker, Sascha O. (2016) Using instrumental variables to establish causality. IZA World of Labor (250). doi:doi:10.15185/izawol.250

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter H. and von Ehrlich, Maximilian (2016) Effects of EU Regional Policy : 1989-2013. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Department of Economics. Warwick economics research papers series (WERPS) (1118). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Boeckh, Katrin, Hainz, Christa and Woessmann, Ludger (2016) The empire is dead, long live the empire! Long‐run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy. Economic Journal, 126 (590). pp. 40-74. doi:10.1111/ecoj.12220

Becker, Sascha O., Pfaff, Steven and Rubin, Jared (2016) Causes and consequences of the Protestant Reformation. Working Paper. Coventry: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (WERPS) (1105). (Unpublished)

2015

Becker, Sascha O. and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2015) Trade and tasks : an exploration over three decades in Germany. Economic Policy, 30 (84). pp. 589-641.

2014

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco, Hornung, Erik and Woessmann, Ludger (2014) iPEHD--The ifo Prussian Economic History Database. Historical Methods : A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History, 47 (2). pp. 57-66. doi:10.1080/01615440.2013.852370

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)

2013

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, F. and Woessmann, L. (2013) Does women's education affect fertility? Evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia. European Review of Economic History, Volume 17 (Number 1). pp. 24-44. doi:10.1093/ereh/hes017

Becker, Sascha O. and Hvide, Hans K. (2013) Do entrepreneurs matter? Working Paper. Coventry: Economics Department, University of Warwick. Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS), Volume 2013 (Number 1002). (Unpublished)

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)

2012

Becker, Sascha O., Messer, Dolores and Wolter, Stefan C. (2012) A gift is not always a gift : heterogeneity and long-term effects in a gift exchange experiment. Economica, Volume 80 (Number 318). pp. 345-371. doi:10.1111/ecca.12004

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco, Hornung, Erik and Woessmann, Ludger (2012) iPEHD – The ifo Prussian economic history database. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2012 (Number 96).

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter H. and von Ehrlich, Maximilian (2012) Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy. European Economic Review, Vol.56 (No.4). pp. 648-668. doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2012.03.001

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and Ehrlich, Maximilian von (2012) Absorptive capacity and the growth and investment effects of regional transfers : a regression discontinuity design with heterogeneous treatment effects. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2012 (Number 89).

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter H. and Merlo, Valeria (2012) How low business tax rates attract MNE activity : municipality-level evidence from Germany. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.96 (No.9-10). pp. 698-711. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.05.006

Becker, Sascha O., Ekholm, Karolina and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2012) Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2012 (Number 97).

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and Ehrlich, Maximilian von (2012) Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2012 (Number 70).

2011

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and Ehrlich, Maximilian von (2011) Absorptive capacity and the growth effects of regional transfers : a regression discontinuity design with heterogeneous treatment effects. Discussion Paper. Coventry: Centre for Economic Policy Research. CEPR Discussion Paper (No.8474). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Hornung, Erik and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) Education and catch-up in the Industrial Revolution. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Vol.3 (No.3). pp. 92-126. doi:10.1257/mac.3.3.92

Becker, Sascha O. and Ekholm, Karolina (2011) International fragmentation of production : it's effects on the labour market. Integration and Trade, Vol.15 (No.32). pp. 7-16.

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco  and Woessmann, Ludger  (2011) Does parental education affect fertility? Evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2011 (Number 41).

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) Does parental education affect fertility? Evidence from pre-demographic transition Prussia. Discussion Paper. Coventry: Centre for Economic Policy Research. CEPR Discussion Paper (No.8339). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Boeckh, Katrin, Hainz , Christa and Woessmann , Ludger (2011) The Empire is dead, long live the Empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2011 (Number 40).

Becker, Sascha O., Boeckh, Katrin, Hainz, Christa and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) The Empire is dead, long live the Empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy. Discussion Paper. Coventry: Centre for Economic Policy Research. CEPR Discussion Paper (No.8288). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) The effect of investment in children’s education on fertility in 1816 Prussia. Cliometrica, Vol.6 (No.1). pp. 29-44. doi:10.1007/s11698-011-0061-8

Becker, Sascha O., Ekholm, Karolina and Hakkala, Katariina Nilsson (2011) Produktionen flyttar utomlands? Om offshoring och arbetsmarknaden. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) Knocking on heaven's door? : Protestantism and suicide. Working Paper. Coventry: University of Warwick. Dept. of Economics. Warwick economics research paper series (TWERPS), Vol.2011 (No.966).

Becker, Sascha O., Boeckh, Katrin, Hainz, Christa and Wößmann, Ludger (2011) Wie das Habsburger Reich heute in den osteuropäischen Verwaltungen sichtbar ist. IFO Schnelldienst, Vol.64 (No.12). pp. 20-23.

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2011) The effects of the Protestant reformation on human capital. In: McCleary, Rachel M., (ed.) The Oxford handbook of the economics of religion. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 93-110. ISBN 9780195390049

2010

Muendler, Marc-Andreas and Becker, Sascha O. (2010) Margins of multinational labor substitution. American Economic Review, Vol.100 (No.5). pp. 1999-2030. doi:10.1257/aer.100.5.1999

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and Ehrlich, Maximilian von (2010) Going NUTS : the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance. Journal of Public Economics, Vol.94 (No.9-10). pp. 578-590. doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.006

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and von Ehrlich, Maximilian (2010) Too much of a good thing? On the growth effects of the EU's regional policy. Discussion Paper. Coventry: Centre for Economic Policy Research. CEPR Discussion Paper (No.8043). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Cinnirella, Francesco and Woessmann, Ludger (2010) The trade-off between fertility and education : evidence from before the demographic transition. Journal of Economic Growth, Vol.15 (No.3). pp. 177-204. doi:10.1007/s10887-010-9054-x

Becker, Sascha O., Bentolila, Samuel, Fernandes, Ana and Ichino, Andrea (2010) Youth emancipation and perceived job insecurity of parents and children. Journal of Population Economics, Vol.23 (No.3). pp. 1047-1071. doi:10.1007/s00148-008-0224-5

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. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.031

Becker, Sascha O. and Hoffmann, Mathias (2010) Equity fund ownership and the cross-regional diversification of household risk. Journal of Banking & Finance, 34 (1). pp. 90-102. doi:10.1016/j.jbankfin.2009.07.005

2009

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter H. and Seidel, Tobias (2009) Common political culture : evidence on regional corruption contagion. European Journal of Political Economy, Vol.25 (No.3). pp. 300-310. doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2008.12.002

Becker, Sascha O., Ekholm, Karolina and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2009) Offshoring and the onshore composition of tasks and skills. Discussion Paper. Coventry: Centre for Economic Policy Research. CEPR Discussion Paper (No.7391). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O., Egger, Peter and Merlo, Valeria (2009) How low business tax rates attract multinational headquarters : municipality-level evidence from Germany. Working Paper. Coventry: CESifo. CESifo Working Paper (No.2517). (Unpublished)

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2009) Was Weber wrong? A human capital theory of protestant economic history*. Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol.124 (No.2). pp. 531-596. doi:10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.531

2008

Becker, Sascha O. and Woessmann, Ludger (2008) Luther and the girls : religious denomination and the female education gap in nineteenth-century Prussia. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol.110 (No.4). pp. 777-805. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00561.x

Fernandes, Ana, Becker, Sascha O., Bentolila, Samuel and Ichino, Andrea (2008) Income insecurity and youth emancipation : a theoretical approach. The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol.8 (No.1). Article no. 19. doi:10.2202/1935-1682.1783

Becker, Sascha O. and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2008) The effect of FDI on job security. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol.8 (No.1). Article no. 8. doi:10.2202/1935-1682.1770

Becker, Sascha O. and Muendler, Marc-Andreas (2008) Job creation abroad and worker retention at home. In: Bender, Stefan and Lane, Julia and Shaw, Kathryn L. and Andersson, Fredrik and von Wachter, Till, (eds.) The analysis of firms and employees : quantitative and qualitative approaches. National Bureau of Economic Research conference report . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 309-344. ISBN 9780226042879

2001

Becker, Sascha O. and Egger, Peter H. (2001) Endogenous product versus process innovation and a firm’s propensity to export. Empirical Economics, Volume 44 (Number 1). pp. 329-354. doi:10.1007/s00181-009-0322-6