Christian Missionaries and Education in Former Colonies: How Institutions Mattered

Francisco Gallego and Robert Woodberry

No 339, Documentos de Trabajo from Instituto de Economia. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.

Abstract: Using cross-country data for about 70 countries and regional data for about 180 African provinces, we show that competition between Protestant and Catholic missionaries increased schooling in former colonies. Our evidence implies that Protestant missionaries increased schooling in Catholic countries by more than Catholic missionaries, but we cannot reject the hypothesis that the e ect of Protestant and Catholic missionaries on educational outcomes was similar when missionaries of both denominations faced the same legal and institutional treatment. We interpret these results in the context of an economic rationale in which di erent institutions created di erences in competitive pressures faced by Catholic and Protestant missionaries.

Keywords: Education; missionaries; colonialism; institutions; state religions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 N30 N37 N40 O15 O43 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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