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The Mission: Human Capital Transmission, Economic Persistence, and Culture in South America

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  1. Viktor Malein, 2021. "Human Capital and Industrialization: German Settlers in Late Imperial Russia," Working Papers 0221, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
  2. Voth, Hans-Joachim, 2020. "Persistence – Myth and Mystery," CEPR Discussion Papers 15417, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  3. Baldomero-Quintana, Luis & Woo-Mora, L. Guillermo & De la Rosa-Ramos, Enrique, 2025. "Infrastructures of race? Colonial indigenous segregation and contemporary land values," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 110(C).
  4. Arruñada, Benito & López-Manuel, Lucas, 2026. "Mendicant orders and the foundations of impersonal exchange," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 243(C).
  5. Chengjiu Sun & Hongfei Li, 2024. "The Celestial Empire: solar eclipses, political legitimacy, and economic performance in historical China," Cliometrica, Springer;Cliometric Society (Association Francaise de Cliométrie), vol. 18(2), pages 453-491, May.
  6. Hasan, Iftekhar & Manfredonia, Stefano & Noth, Felix, 2021. "Cultural resilience, religion, and economic recovery: Evidence from the 2005 hurricane season," IWH Discussion Papers 9/2021, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
  7. Juliana Jaramillo-Echeverri & Andrés Álvarez, 2023. "The persistence of segregation in education: Evidence from historical elites and ethnic surnames in Colombia," Cuadernos de Historia Económica 58, Banco de la Republica de Colombia.
  8. Rudi Rocha & Claudio Ferraz & Rodrigo R. Soares, 2017. "Human Capital Persistence and Development," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 9(4), pages 105-136, October.
  9. Sebastiano Della Lena & Yasuhiro Sato & Yves Zenou, 2026. "Believing and Practicing: How Religion Shapes Human Capital and Growth," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 26148, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin).
  10. Vu, Tien Manh & Yamada, Hiroyuki, 2023. "Legacies of Vietnam's imperial examinations, 1075–1919: More investment in education and better educational outcomes," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(1), pages 2-14.
  11. Sascha O. Becker & Amma Panin & Steven J. Pfaff & Jared Rubin, 2025. "Religion and Economic Development: Past, Present, and Future," Working Papers 25-01, Chapman University, Economic Science Institute.
  12. Èric Gómez-i-Aznar, 2020. "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam. Numeracy levels in the Guarani Jesuit missions," Working Papers 0181, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
  13. Pedro Henrique Batista de Barros & Gustavo Henrique Leite de Castro & Naercio Menezes-Filho, 2022. "The human capital effect on productivity and agricultural frontier expansion in Brazil," TD NEREUS 6-2022, Núcleo de Economia Regional e Urbana da Universidade de São Paulo (NEREUS).
  14. Laeven, Luc & Popov, Alexander & Sievert, Clara, 2024. "Is religion an inferior good? Evidence from fluctuations in housing wealth," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 217(C), pages 705-725.
  15. Nick Huntington-Klein, 2021. "Human capital versus signaling is empirically unresolvable," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 60(5), pages 2499-2531, May.
  16. Huynh, Luu Duc Toan & Duong, Kiet Tuan, 2026. "A land of sages: A legacy of former elites and university professors in Vietnam," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  17. Francisco J Beltrán Tapia & Alfonso Díez-Minguela & Alicia Gómez-Tello & Julio Martinez-Galarraga & Daniel A Tirado-Fabregats, 2024. "Local institutions and human capital formation in pre-industrial societies: evidence from Valencia," European Review of Economic History, European Historical Economics Society, vol. 28(2), pages 135-162.
  18. Liam Rose & Asha Shepard, 2022. "Examining persistent effects of extractive institutions in the United States," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 34(1), pages 142-170, March.
  19. Annalisa Frigo & Èric Roca Fernández, 2022. "Roots of gender equality: the persistent effect of beguinages on attitudes toward women," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 27(1), pages 91-148, March.
  20. 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.
  21. Zou, Haoqian, 2026. "From school to work: How alumni networks on LinkedIn shape PhD journeys," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 155(C).
  22. Anastasia Litina & Èric Roca Fernández, 2020. "Celestial enlightenment: eclipses, curiosity and economic development among pre-modern ethnic groups [Working Papers / Documents de travail]," Working Papers halshs-03044843, HAL.
  23. Sascha O. Becker & Jared Rubin & Ludger Woessmann, 2024. "Religion and Growth," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 62(3), pages 1094-1142, September.
  24. Sascha O. Becker & Jared Rubin & Ludger Woessmann, 2020. "Religion in Economic History: A Survey," CESifo Working Paper Series 8365, CESifo.
  25. Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding & Boberg-Fazlic, Nina & Sharp, Paul & Skovsgaard, Christian Volmar & Vedel, Christian, 2026. "Holy cows and spilled milk: The impact of religious missions on firm-level productivity," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).
  26. Dozie Okoye & Roland Pongou, 2024. "Missions, fertility transition, and the reversal of fortunes: evidence from border discontinuities in the emirates of Nigeria," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 251-325, June.
  27. Becker, Sascha O. & Pfaff, Steven, 2022. "Church and State in historical political economy," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1409, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
  28. Andreas Backhaus, 2019. "Fading Legacies: Human Capital in the Aftermath of the Partitions of Poland," Working Papers 0150, European Historical Economics Society (EHES).
  29. ChangHwan Kim, 2025. "Culture and Immigrant Selectivity in Shaping Asian American Education: Evidence from Historical Census Data," American Sociological Review, , vol. 90(4), pages 626-657, August.
  30. Lanzara, Gianandrea & Lazzaroni, Sara & Masella, Paolo & Squicciarini, Mara P., 2024. "Do bishops matter for politics? Evidence From Italy," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
  31. Valencia Caicedo, Felipe & Dohmen, Thomas & Pondorfer, Andreas, 2023. "Religion and cooperation across the globe," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 479-489.
  32. Kelly, Morgan, 2019. "The Standard Errors of Persistence," CEPR Discussion Papers 13783, Centre for Economic Policy Research.
  33. Marina Gindelsky & Remi Jedwab, 2023. "Killer cities and industrious cities? New data and evidence on 250 years of urban growth," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 23(1), pages 179-208.
  34. Christoph Eder, 2022. "Missing Men: Second World War Casualties and Structural Change," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 89(354), pages 437-460, April.
  35. Sascha O. Becker, 2022. "Forced displacement in history: Some recent research," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(1), pages 2-25, March.
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  37. Boris Gershman, 2016. "Long-Run Development and the New Cultural Economics," Working Papers 2016-06, American University, Department of Economics.
  38. Evan Wigton-Jones, 2020. "Legacies of inequality: the case of Brazil," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 25(4), pages 455-501, December.
  39. Palsson, Craig, 2023. "The forces of path dependence: Haiti's refugee camps, 1937–2009," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
  40. Timur Natkhov & Natalia Vasilenok, 2019. "Technology Adoption in Agrarian Societies: the Effect of Volga Germans in Imperial Russia," HSE Working papers WP BRP 220/EC/2019, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
  41. Pushkar Maitra & William Yu, 2021. "The Long Shadow of Infrastructure Development: Long Run Effects of Railway Construction in Colonial India," Monash Economics Working Papers 2021-01, Monash University, Department of Economics.
  42. Gagliarducci, Stefano & Tabellini, Marco, 2021. "Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the US," IZA Discussion Papers 14567, IZA Network @ LISER.
  43. Katharina Erhardt & Simon Haenni, 2022. "The Cultural Roots of Firm Entry, Exit and Growth," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 132(648), pages 2767-2814.
  44. Jakub Grossmann & Štĕpán Jurajda & Felix Roesel, 2021. "Forced Migration, Staying Minorities, and New Societies: Evidence from Post-War Czechoslovakia," CESifo Working Paper Series 8950, CESifo.
  45. Liu, Ruiming & Yan, Haosheng & Zhang, Zebang, 2024. "Does historic preservation affect firms' output? Evidence from the awarding of the Historic City title in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
  46. Jedwab, Remi & Meier zu Selhausen, Felix & Moradi, Alexander, 2021. "Christianization without economic development: Evidence from missions in Ghana," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 573-596.
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  48. Pablo Álvarez-Aragón & Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2025. "School Clustering and Religious Competition:Persistence of Educational Inequality in Colonial and Post-colonial D.R. Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers 2502, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
  49. Johan Fourie & Frank Garmon, 2023. "The settlers’ fortunes: Comparing tax censuses in the Cape Colony and early American republic," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(2), pages 525-550, May.
  50. M. A. Bautista & F Gonzalez & L. R Martinez & P MuÔøΩoz & M Prem, 2022. "The Intergenerational Transmission of College: Evidence from the 1973 Coup in Chile," Documentos de Trabajo 20503, Universidad del Rosario.
  51. Waldinger, Maria, 2017. "The long-run effects of missionary orders in Mexico," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 68841, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  52. Marcello D’Amato & Francesco Flaviano Russo, 2026. "Ancestral Cultural Traits, Colonialism, and its Legacy," CSEF Working Papers 774, Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (CSEF), University of Naples, Italy.
  53. Nicola Fontana & Marco Manacorda & Gianluca Russo & Marco Tabellini, 2025. "Emigration and Long-Run Economic Development: Evidence from the Italian Mass Migration," Trinity Economics Papers tep1125, Trinity College Dublin, Department of Economics.
  54. Hanlon, W.Walker & Heblich, Stephan, 2022. "History and urban economics," Regional Science and Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  55. Becker, Sascha O. & Won, Cheongyeon, 2024. "Conquering Korea for Jesus: Protestant missionaries, local churches, and literacy in Colonial Korea," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
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  57. Dupraz, Yannick, 2019. "French and British Colonial Legacies in Education: Evidence from the Partition of Cameroon," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 79(3), pages 628-668, September.
  58. Brodeur, Abel & Haddad, Joanne, 2021. "Institutions, attitudes and LGBT: Evidence from the gold rush," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 187(C), pages 92-110.
  59. Elena Esposito & Scott F. Abramson, 2021. "The European coal curse," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 26(1), pages 77-112, March.
  60. Remi Jedwab & Felix Meier zu Selhausen & Alexander Moradi, 2022. "The economics of missionary expansion: evidence from Africa and implications for development," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 27(2), pages 149-192, June.
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  63. Èric Gómez‐i‐Aznar, 2023. "Ad maiorem Dei gloriam: Numeracy levels in the Guarani Jesuit missions," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 76(1), pages 87-117, February.
  64. Ben Salah, Mhamed & Chambru, Cédric & Fourati, Maleke, 2024. "The colonial legacy of education: Evidence from Tunisia," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 52(4), pages 773-792.
  65. Cagé, Julia & Rueda, Valeria, 2020. "Sex and the mission: the conflicting effects of early Christian missions on HIV in sub-Saharan Africa," Journal of Demographic Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 86(3), pages 213-257, September.
  66. Menon, Nidhiya & McQueeney, Kathleen, 2020. "Christianity and girl child health in India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
  67. Pedro Dal Bó & Carolina Lopez, 2024. "The Socioeconomic Outcomes of Native Groups in Argentina," NBER Working Papers 32704, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  68. Hong, Ji Yeon & Paik, Christopher, 2021. "Hate thy communist neighbor: Protestants and politics in South Korea," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 707-723.
  69. Ananyev, Maxim & Poyker, Michael, 2021. "Christian missions and anti-gay attitudes in Africa," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 184(C), pages 359-374.
  70. Bautista, María Angélica & González, Felipe & Martínez, Luis R. & Muñoz, Pablo & Prem, Mounu, 2023. "The intergenerational transmission of higher education: Evidence from the 1973 coup in Chile," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
  71. Anna Valero, 2021. "Education and economic growth," CEP Discussion Papers dp1764, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
  72. Ruzzante, Matteo & Pizzimenti, Cristoforo, 2025. "Brigandage and the political legacy of monarchical legitimacy in Southern Italy," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 235(C).
  73. Deng, Jiapin & Liu, Qiao & Yan, Se, 2025. "Fostering social capital: The long-term effects of Protestant activities on corporate tax avoidance in modern China," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 234(C).
  74. Garfias, Francisco & Sellars, Emily A., 2025. "The Jesuit expulsion: A double-edged sword for state authority in New Spain," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 195(C).
  75. Bazyli Czyżewski & Agnieszka Sapa & Piotr Kułyk, 2021. "Human Capital and Eco-Contractual Governance in Small Farms in Poland: Simultaneous Confirmatory Factor Analysis with Ordinal Variables," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(1), pages 1-16, January.
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  78. Hector Galindo-Silva & Paula Paula Herrera-Idarraga, 2026. "Institutions, Education, and Religious Change: Evidence from Colombia," Papers 2601.09561, arXiv.org.
  79. Carol H. Shiue & Wolfgang Keller, 2024. "Elite Strategies for Big Shocks: The Case of the Fall of the Ming," NBER Working Papers 33121, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  80. Xuefeng Hu & Wenlan Wang & Rong Xu & Fulong Xiao, 2024. "Keju tradition and major litigation cases: The persistent impact of Confucian norm standard," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 64(5), pages 4647-4673, December.
  81. Alix-Garcia, Jennifer & Schechter, Laura & Valencia Caicedo, Felipe & Jessica Zhu, S., 2022. "Country of Women? Repercussions of the Triple Alliance War in Paraguay," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 202(C), pages 131-167.
  82. Becker, Bastian & Schmitt, Carina, 2023. "License to educate: The role of national networks in colonial empires," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 169(C).
  83. Michele Battisti & Antonio Francesco Gravina & Andrea Mario Lavezzi & Giuseppe Maggio & Giorgio Tortorici, 2026. "Wealth and the origins of the education take-off," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 77-124, March.
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  90. Catherine Guirkinger & Paola Villar, 2022. "Pro-birth policies, missions and fertility : historical evidence from Congo," DeFiPP Working Papers 2204, University of Namur, Development Finance and Public Policies.
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  94. Julia Cage & Valeria Rueda, 2017. "Sex and the Mission: The Conflicting Effects of Early Christian Investments on the HIV Epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-03393166, HAL.
  95. Roca Fernandez, Eric & Litina, Anastasia, 2020. "The Terror of History: Solar Eclipses and the Origins of Social Complexity and Complex Thinking," VfS Annual Conference 2020 (Virtual Conference): Gender Economics 224553, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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  100. Matthias Blum & Karl‐Peter Krauss & Dmytro Myeshkov, 2022. "Human capital transfer of German‐speaking migrants in eastern Europe, 1780s–1820s," Economic History Review, Economic History Society, vol. 75(3), pages 703-738, August.
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  106. Luu Duc Toan Huynh & Kiet Tuan Duong, 2024. "A land of sages: A legacy of former elites and university professors in Vietnam," Working Papers 115, Queen Mary, University of London, School of Business and Management, Centre for Globalisation Research.
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  112. Dozie & Roland Pongou, 2021. "Missions and Heterogeneous Social Change: Evidence from Border Discontinuities in the Emirates of Nigeria," Working Papers 2112E Classification-I20,, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
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