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Religion and Growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function – physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014467756
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Religion and Growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469638
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Religion and Growth
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2023
We use the elements of a macroeconomic production function—physical capital, human capital, labor, and technology … development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469796
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Was Weber wrong?: a human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264122
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Was Weber wrong? A human capital theory of protestant economic history
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
Max Weber attributed the higher economic prosperity of Protestant regions to a Protestant work ethic. We provide an alternative theory, where Protestant economies prospered because instruction in reading the Bible generated the human capital crucial to economic prosperity. County-level data from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268262
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274163
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274178
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Peering over the Hedge: How Do the Neighbours Do It?
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo Forum 13 (2012) 3, pp. 16-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696061