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

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

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

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Full title

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

Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Economic inquiry, 2014-04, Vol.52 (2), p.874-895

Language

English

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Publisher

Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

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 to what extent other education motives might have been involved as well. We employ a historical data set from Switzerland which allows us to differentiate...

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

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_102455

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_swepub_primary_oai_DiVA_org_su_102455

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ISSN

1465-7295,0095-2583

E-ISSN

1465-7295

DOI

10.1111/ecin.12058