Luther and the Girls: Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia
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- Becker, Sascha O. & Woessmann, Ludger, 2008. "Luther and the Girls: Religious Denomination and the Female Education Gap in 19th Century Prussia," IZA Discussion Papers 3837, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
gender gap; education; Protestantism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- N33 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CIS-2008-11-04 (Confederation of Independent States)
- NEP-EDU-2008-11-04 (Education)
- NEP-HIS-2008-11-04 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-LAB-2008-11-04 (Labour Economics)
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