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The effect of investment in children's education on fertility in 1816 Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Cliometrica : journal of historical economics and … 6 (2012) 1, pp. 29-44
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510612
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010256208
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Education promoted secularization
Becker, Sascha O.; Nagler, Markus; Woessmann, Ludger - 2014
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900? Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education was a leading source of the seismic social phenomenon of secularization. We construct a unique panel dataset of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010257347
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Absorptive capacity and the growth and investment effects of regional transfers : a regression discontinuity design with heterogeneous treatments effects
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian von - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 5 (2013) 4, pp. 29-77
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010237645
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A gift is not always a gift : heterogeneity and long-term effects in a gift exchange experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - In: Economica 80 (2013) 318, pp. 345-371
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009760600
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Not the opium of the people : income and secularization in a panel of prussian counties
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: The American economic review 103 (2013) 3, pp. 539-544
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009768672
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How low business tax rates attract multinational headquarters : municipality-level evidence from Germany
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Merlo, Valeria - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222648
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Going NUTS : the effect of EU structural funds on regional performance
Becker, Sascha O.; Egger, Peter; Ehrlich, Maximilian von; … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222649
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Equity fund ownership and the cross-regional diversification of household risk
Becker, Sascha O.; Hoffmann, Mathias - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222651
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Luther and the girls : religious denomination and the female education gap in 19th century Prussia
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010222657