Jesus speaks Korean : Christianity and literacy in colonial Korea
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- Sascha O. Becker & Cheongyeon Won, 2021. "Jesus Speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," Rivista di storia economica, Società editrice il Mulino, issue 1, pages 7-32.
- Becker, Sascha O. & Won, Cheongyeon, 2021. "Jesus speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," CEPR Discussion Papers 15640, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Sascha O. Becker & Cheongyeon Won, 2021. "Jesus Speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," CESifo Working Paper Series 8824, CESifo.
- Sascha O. Becker & Cheongyeon Won, 2021. "Jesus Speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series 2021-01, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories.
- Becker, Sascha O. & Won, Cheongyeon, 2021. "Jesus speaks Korean: Christianity and Literacy in Colonial Korea," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 533, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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Keywords
Literacy ; Religion ; Missionaries ; Gender gap ; Korea. JEL Classification: I21 ; N35 ; Z12 ; J16.;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- N35 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - Asia including Middle East
- Z12 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Religion
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CWA-2021-02-01 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-GRO-2021-02-01 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2021-02-01 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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