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| Title: | | Protestantism and Education: Reading (the Bible) and Other Skills  |
| Authors: | | Boppart, Timo Falkinger, Josef Grossmann, Volker |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2011: Die Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft: Lektionen aus der Krise - Session: Economics of Religion D8-V2 |
| Abstract: | | During industrialization, Protestants were more literate than Catholics. This paper investigates whether this fact may be led back to the intrinsic motivation of Protestants to read the bible and whether other education motives were involved as well. We employ a historical data set from Switzerland which allows us to differentiate between different cognitive skills: reading, numeracy, essay writing and Swiss history. We develop an estimation strategy to examine whether the impact of religious denomination was particularly large with respect to reading capabilities. We find support for this hypothesis. However, Protestants' education motives went beyond acquiring reading skills. |
| Subjects: | | Cognitive skills Education Reading capability Religious denomination Protestant reformation |
| JEL: | | I20 N33 Z12 |
| Document Type: | | Conference Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2011 (Frankfurt a. M.): Die Ordnung der Weltwirtschaft - Lektionen aus der Krise
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