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dc.contributor.authorBecker, Sascha O.en
dc.contributor.authorWoessmann, Ludgeren
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-07-
dc.date.accessioned2011-11-23T11:32:36Z-
dc.date.available2011-11-23T11:32:36Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20110621322en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/51671-
dc.description.abstractWe model the effect of Protestant vs. Catholic denomination in an economic theory of suicide, accounting for differences in religious-community integration, views about man's impact on God's grace, and the possibility of confessing sins. We test the theory using a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 counties in 19th-century Prussia, when religiousness was still pervasive. Our instrumental-variable model exploits the concentric dispersion of Protestantism around Wittenberg to circumvent selectivity bias. Protestantism had a substantial positive effect on suicide in 1816-21 and 1869-71. We address issues of bias from mental illness, misreporting, weather conditions, within-county heterogeneity, religious concentration, and gender composition.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x5773en
dc.subject.jelZ12en
dc.subject.jelN33en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordreligionen
dc.subject.keywordsuicideen
dc.subject.keywordPrussian economic historyen
dc.titleKnocking on heaven's door? Protestantism and suicide-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669472867en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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