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Youth emancipation and perceived job insecurity of parents and children
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - In: Journal of population economics 23 (2010) 3, pp. 1047-1071
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Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of Prussian counties
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2013
income and Protestant church attendance for six waves of up to 175 Prussian counties spanning 1886-1911. The data reveal a … marked decline in church attendance coinciding with increasing income. The cross-section also shows a negative association … between income and church attendance. But the association disappears in panel analyses, including first-differenced models of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009707623
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education - but not income or urbanization - is …
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Jesus speaks Korean : christianity and literacy in colonial Korea
Becker, Sascha O.; Won, Cheongyeon - 2021
In the mid 19th century, pre-colonial Korea under the Joseon dynasty was increasingly isolated and lagging behind in its economic development. Joseon Korea was forced to sign unequal treaties with foreign powers as a result of which Christian missionaries entered the country and contributed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415933
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The effect of investment in children's education on fertility in 1816 Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - 2010
The interaction between investment in children's education and parental fertility is crucial in recent theories of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732244