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Title The Economics of Missionary Expansion:: Evidence from Africa and Implications for Development | ||
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https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/426138 | ||
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Date 2022 | ||
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Author(s) Jedwab, Remi; Meier zu Selhausen, Felix; Moradi, Alexander | ||
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Contributor(s) LS Ges. vd maatschappelijke verhoudingen; OGKG - Sociaal-economische geschiedenis | ||
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Abstract How did Christianity expand in Africa to become the continent's dominant religion? Using annual panel census data on Christian missions from 1751 to 1932 in Ghana, and pre-1924 data on missions for 43 sub-Saharan African countries, we estimate causal effects of malaria, railroads and cash crops on mission location. We find that missions were established in healthier, more accessible, and richer places before expanding to economically less developed places. We argue that the endogeneity of missionary expansion may have been underestimated, thus questioning the link between missions and economic development for Africa. We find the endogeneity problem exacerbated when mission data is sourced from Christian missionary atlases that disproportionately report a selection of prominent missions that were also established early. | ||
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Subject(s) Africa; Atlases; Christianity; Economic persistence; Economics of religion; Historical data; Human capital; Measurement; Missions; Religious diffusion; Economics and Econometrics | ||
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Language en | ||
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Relation 1381-4338 | ||
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Type of publication Article | ||
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Format application/pdf | ||
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Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/OpenAccess | ||
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Identifier Journal of Economic Growth 27(2), 149-192 (2022) | ||
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Repository Utrecht - University of Utrecht 
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