Heeding the call: seminary enrollment and the business cycle

Danny Hughes, David Mitchell and D. P. Molinari

Applied Economics Letters, 2011, vol. 18, issue 5, 433-437

Abstract: We examine a panel of divinity school enrollments to explore the motivations of prospective clergy considering post-graduate training in preparation for the ministry. Employing the fixed-effects within estimator allows us to see pecuniary motivations while controlling for the differences between types of divinity school and denomination. We find decisions by prospective clergy to enroll in seminary are responsive to changes in the business cycle as well as salaries. Our results reinforce the view that variation in opportunity costs associated with business cycles plays a significant role in the timing of human capital formation even for those with mostly nonmonetary motivations.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851003689668

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