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The Economic journal (London), 2017-09, Vol.127 (604), p.1756-1793
Ort / Verlag
Oxford: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2017
Quelle
EBSCOhost Business Source Ultimate
Beschreibungen/Notizen
We hypothesise that cultural appreciation of hard work and thrift, the Protestant ethic according to Max Weber, had a pre-Reformation origin: the Catholic Order of Cistercians. In support, we document an impact from the Order on growth within the epicentre of the Industrial Revolution; English counties that were more exposed to Cistercian monasteries experienced faster productivity growth from the 13th century onwards. Consistent with a cultural influence, this impact is also found after the monasteries were dissolved in the 1530s. Moreover, the values emphasised by Weber are relatively more pervasive in European regions where Cistercian monasteries were located historically.