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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms -Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - and on the period up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239065
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of … fixed effects account for time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity, education - but not income or urbanization - is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257347
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More choice for men? : marriage patterns after World War II in Italy
Battistin, Erich; Becker, Sascha O.; Nunziata, Luca - 2020
that men in postwar marriages were better off in terms of their spouse's education, this gain amounting to about half a … year of education. By considering heterogeneity across provinces, we find that the effects were more pronounced in more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012212317
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Religion and growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391202