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Ludger Woessmann

Ludger Wößmann is a German economist and professor of economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). Moreover, being… more

Ludger Woessmann
H-index: 69
Education 44%
Economics 31%
Unser wichtigster Gradmesser der bundeslandspezifischen Entwicklung. Leider nur alle 6 Jahre.

Extrem wichtige Zahlen. Sie sind ein Desaster.

Die Bildungsministerkonferenz dazu: „Licht und Schatten im IQB-Bildungstrend 2024“😯🤷
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Alle sozio-demographischen Gruppen betroffen.

Rückgang in allen Bundesländern. (Lediglich Hamburg (in allen Fächern) nicht signifikant.) Z.B. Mathe:

NRW -34⬇️
Bayern -23⬇️

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⚡9.-Klässler:innen 2024 vs. 2018:

Mathe -24⬇️
Bio -24⬇️
Chemie -24⬇️
Physik -23⬇️

Die neuen Ergebnisse des IQB-Bildungstrends.

Ganz grob gesprochen: 9.-Klässler:innen liegen heute etwa auf Niveau der 8.-Klässler:innen noch vor 6 Jahren.
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by Andrew LeighReposted by Ludger Woessmann

📢 FYI: 🆕 paper on religious education out in JHR: @tomdee.bsky.social ‪@kinnelavinia.bsky.social‬‬ ‪ @raphaelbrade.bsky.social @econmunich.bsky.social ‪@rationalitycrc.bsky.social‬ ‪@cesifo.org‬ @ifoeducation.bsky.social ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
➡️Content of school curriculum exerts lifetime influence on students

Even on inner attitudes + values such as religiosity

What you learn in school is for life, indeed‼️
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Effects beyond religion:

🧑‍🏭 Higher labor-market participation + earnings (consistent with shift towards worldly norms + economic activities) 🌎

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Reduced fertility

By contrast, no effects on ethical + political values or non-religious school outcomes
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👉 Reform abolishing compulsory religious education significantly reduced religiosity of affected students in adulthood

Similar reductions in specific religious actions:
1️⃣ personal act of prayer
2️⃣ public act of church-going
3️⃣ formal (+costly) act of church membership
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Two-way fixed effects model (state + cohort fixed effects) exploits staggered reform adoption:

Uses variation in abolishment of compulsory religious education across states + over time to study effects on outcomes in adulthood

3️⃣ datasets:
▶️ NEPS
▶️ ALLBUS
▶️ SOEP
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Unique German setting:

🏫 Religious education was compulsory in state schools: 1000 hours over school career (>4x physics)

Abolished in staggered reforms across states 1972-2004

Replaced by option to choose between religious education + non-denominational “ethics”
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🚨 Now out in Journal of Human Resources:

⛪️ Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes?
Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education

w/ @benjaminarold.bsky.social & Larissa Zierow

👉 Religious education in school affects adult lives

🔗 jhr.uwpress.org/content/earl...

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by Ludger WoessmannReposted by Lars P. Feld

by Ludger WoessmannReposted by Lars P. Feld

Reposted by Ludger Woessmann

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