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Higher education and prosperity: from catholic missionaries to luminosity in India
Latika ChaudharyAbhiroop MukhopadhyayAmparo Castello-climentsubject
Economics and Econometricseducation.field_of_studyHigher educationbusiness.industrymedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesInstrumental variablePopulationHuman capital0502 economics and businessDevelopment economicsEconomicsEndogeneityProsperity050207 economicseducationbusiness050205 econometrics media_commondescription
The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12551 This article estimates the impact of completed higher education on economic prosperity across Indian districts. To address the endogeneity of higher education, we use the location of Catholic missionaries circa 1911 as an instrument. Catholics constitute a very small share of the population in India and their influence beyond higher education has been limited. Our instrumental variable results find a positive effect of higher education on development, as measured by light density. The results are robust to alternative measures of development, and are not driven by lower levels of schooling or other channels by which missionaries could impact current income.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-01 |