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

Sascha Becker and Ludger Woessmann

Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 107, issue 2, 224-228

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.

Keywords: Education; Protestantism; Pre-industrialization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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