Luther and the girls: Religious denomination and the female education gap in nineteenth-century Prussia

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 777-805

  Becker, Sascha O ^a   Woessmann, Ludger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Gender gap; Protestantism

Indexed keywords

FEMALE EDUCATION; GENDER DISPARITY; LITERACY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RELIGION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57249084621     PISSN: 03470520     EISSN: 14679442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00561.x     Document Type: Article

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