weber {ivdoctr}

Becker and Woessmann (2009) Dataset

Description

Data on Prussian counties in 1871 from Becker and Woessmann's (2009) paper "Was Weber Wrong? A Human Capital Theory of Protestant Economic History."

Usage

weber

Format

A data frame with 452 rows and 44 variables:

kreiskey1871

kreiskey1871

county1871

County name in 1871

rbkey

District key

lat_rad

Latitude (in rad)

lon_rad

Longitude (in rad)

kmwittenberg

Distance to Wittenberg (in km)

zupreussen

Year in which county was annexed by Prussia

hhsize

Average household size

gpop

Population growth from 1867-1871 in percentage points

f_prot

Percent Protestants

f_jew

Percent Jews

f_rw

Percent literate

f_miss

Percent missing education information

f_young

Percent below the age of 10

f_fem

Percent female

f_ortsgeb

Percent born in municipality

f_pruss

Percent of Prussian origin

f_blind

Percent blind

f_deaf

Percent deaf-mute

f_dumb

Percent insane

f_urban

Percent of county population in urban areas

lnpop

Natural logarithm of total population size

lnkmb

Natural logarithm of distance to Berlin (km)

poland

Dummy variable, =1 if county is Polish-speaking

latlon

Latitude * Longitude * 100

f_over3km

Percent of pupils farther than 3km from school

f_mine

Percent of labor force employed in mining

inctaxpc

Income tax revenue per capita in 1877

perc_secB

Percentage of labor force employed in manufacturing in 1882

perc_secC

Percentage of labor force employed in services in 1882

perc_secBnC

Percentage of labor force employed in manufacturing and services in 1882

lnyteacher

100 * Natural logarithm of male elementary school teachers in 1886

rhs

Dummy variable, =1 if Imperial of Hanseatic city in 1517

yteacher

Income of male elementary school teachers in 1886

pop

Total population size

kmb

Distance to Berlin (km)

uni1517

Dummy variable, =1 if University in 1517

reichsstadt

Dummy variable, =1 if Imperial city in 1517

hansestadt

Dummy variable, =1 if Hanseatic city in 1517

f_cath

Percentage of Catholics

sh_al_in_tot

Share of municipalities beginning with letter A to L

ncloisters1517_pkm2

Monasteries per square kilometer in 1517

school1517

Dummy variable, =1 if school in 1517

dnpop1500

City population in 1500

Source

https://www.ifo.de/en/iPEHD

References

https://www.ifo.de/en/iPEHD doi: 10.1162/qjec.2009.124.2.531