Francesco Cinnirella|Erik Hornung
Landownership concentration and the expansion of education
Centre for Economic Policy Research|Ifo Institute for Economic Research|University of Bayreuth|Ifo Institute for Economic Research|Centre for Economic Policy Research|Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
study relationship large landownership concentration expansion mass education nineteenthcentury prussia crosssectional estimates show negative association landownership concentration enrollment rates fixedeffects panel estimates indicate regions initially stronger landownership concentration exhibit increasing enrollment rates relationship driven differences supply schooling argue implementation agricultural reforms including stepwise abolition serfdom important driver change enrollment results consistent interpretation emancipation labor coercion increased private demand education