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

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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