Maria Waldinger
The long-run effects of missionary orders in Mexico
London School of Economics and Political Science
paper examines longrun effects different catholic missionary orders colonial mexico educational outcomes catholicism main missionary orders colonial mexico catholic belonged different monastic traditions adhered different values mendicant orders committed poverty sought reduce social inequality colonial mexico educating native population jesuit order contrast focused educational efforts colonys elite city centers rather native population rural mission areas using newly constructed data set locations 1145 missions colonial mexico test whether longrun development outcomes differ among areas mendicant missions jesuit missions missions results indicate areas historical mendicant missions higher presentday literacy rates higher rates educational attainment primary secondary postsecondary levels regions without mission results show share catholics higher regions catholic missions kind historical present additional results suggest missionaries may affected longterm development impacting peoples access valuation education