Winners and Losers from the Protestant Reformation: An Analysis of the Network of European Universities

David de la Croix and Pauline Morault

No 18718, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Using a new database of European academics, we build a network of universities resulting from professors’ mobility. We describe how the network was altered following the Protestant Reformation. We focus on fragmentation and on universities' centrality. Dyadic regressions confirm that geography and vernacular languages were important for mobility, but did not substitute for religion. We compare simulated networks with and without religious identity. Most universities lose centrality in the religious network compared to the non-religious one. As publications per university are correlated with centrality, the loss of connectedness of many universities after the Reformation contributed to their scientific decline.

Keywords: Universities; Network; Centrality; Publications; Fragmentation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I25 N33 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12
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