Women in European academia before 1800—religion, marriage, and human capital

David de la Croix and Mara Vitale

European Review of Economic History, 2023, vol. 27, issue 4, 506-532

Abstract: We document the participation of women in European academia from the first universities to the eve of the Industrial Revolution. A total of 108 women taught at universities or were members of academies of arts and sciences. Most of them were active in Catholic southern Europe—an unexpected result. We conjecture that Protestantism left less room for women at the top of the distribution of human capital to exercise their talent. The percentage of ever-married female scholars is 79%, but a large fraction of them remained childless. Comparing them with 58,995 male scholars, we find that they were on average better.JEL codes: N33, Z12, I23, J16-->

Date: 2023
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