Religious decline in the 20th century West: Testing alternative explanations
R Franck, LR Iannaccone - Public Choice, 2014 - Springer
Retrospective questions from recent surveys let us estimate rates of church attendance
among children and their parents in ten Western democracies throughout most of the 20th …
among children and their parents in ten Western democracies throughout most of the 20th …
Education and religious participation: city-level evidence from Germany's secularization period 1890–1930
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900?
Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education …
Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education …
Technology-skill complementarity in early phases of industrialisation
This research explores the effect of early industrialisation on human capital formation.
Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France …
Exploiting exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France …
Can internal migration foster the convergence in regional fertility rates? Evidence from 19th century France
This article offers an explanation for the convergence of fertility rates across French
départements in the second half of the 19th century that emphasises the diffusion of …
départements in the second half of the 19th century that emphasises the diffusion of …
The political consequences of income shocks: explaining the consolidation of democracy in France
R Franck - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2016 - direct.mit.edu
This study analyzes the circumstances that enabled France to become in the late nineteenth
century the first stable parliamentary democracy with universal (male) suffrage in Europe. It …
century the first stable parliamentary democracy with universal (male) suffrage in Europe. It …
The cultural diffusion of the fertility transition: evidence from internal migration in 19th century France
France experienced the demographic transition before richer and more educated countries.
This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture …
This paper offers a novel explanation for this puzzle that emphasizes the diffusion of culture …
The protestant fiscal ethic: religious confession and Euro skepticism in Germany
A Chadi, M Krapf - Economic inquiry, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
During the European sovereign debt crisis, most countries that ran into fiscal trouble had
Catholic majorities, whereas countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal …
Catholic majorities, whereas countries with Protestant majorities were able to avoid fiscal …
The complementary between technology and human capital in the early phase of industrialization
The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting
exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study …
exogenous regional variations in the adoption of steam engines across France, the study …
Education promoted secularization
Why did substantial parts of Europe abandon the institutionalized churches around 1900?
Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education …
Empirical studies using modern data mostly contradict the traditional view that education …