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

Economics Letters

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-228

  Becker, Sascha O ^a,c,d,e,f   Woessmann, Ludger ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d CESIFO   (Germany)

^e IZA ^*  (Germany)

^f CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Pre industrialization; Protestantism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950944680     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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