The effect of Protestantism on education before the industrialization: Evidence from 1816 Prussia

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2010
Volume: 107
Issue: 2
Pages: 224-228

Authors (2)

Becker, Sascha O. (University of Warwick) Woessmann, Ludger (ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institu...)

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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.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:107:y:2010:i:2:p:224-228
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-24