Protestantism and education: Reading (the bible) and other skills

Arbeitspapier

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 reading the bible.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5402

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Education and Research Institutions: General
• Thema: cognitive skills ; education ; reading capability ; religious denomination ; Protestant reformation

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Boppart, Timo ; Falkinger, Josef ; Grossmann, Volker
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2010

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/51723
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ