Felix Schaff
@felixschaff.bsky.social
Research Fellow @ Utrecht University | researching economic history & inequality | Alumnus @ EUI MaxWeber & @ LSE EconHist
https://sites.google.com/view/felixschaff
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Findings in 3 lines:
1️⃣ Inequality rose: the poorest lost out (not due to Weber’s “Protestant ethic”).
2️⃣ Mechanism: Catholic poor relief = universal; Protestant relief = generous but exclusionary.
3️⃣ Modest economic growth in Protestant areas couldn’t offset losses → poorer classes ended up worse off.
1️⃣ Inequality rose: the poorest lost out (not due to Weber’s “Protestant ethic”).
2️⃣ Mechanism: Catholic poor relief = universal; Protestant relief = generous but exclusionary.
3️⃣ Modest economic growth in Protestant areas couldn’t offset losses → poorer classes ended up worse off.
September 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Findings in 3 lines:
1️⃣ Inequality rose: the poorest lost out (not due to Weber’s “Protestant ethic”).
2️⃣ Mechanism: Catholic poor relief = universal; Protestant relief = generous but exclusionary.
3️⃣ Modest economic growth in Protestant areas couldn’t offset losses → poorer classes ended up worse off.
1️⃣ Inequality rose: the poorest lost out (not due to Weber’s “Protestant ethic”).
2️⃣ Mechanism: Catholic poor relief = universal; Protestant relief = generous but exclusionary.
3️⃣ Modest economic growth in Protestant areas couldn’t offset losses → poorer classes ended up worse off.
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