André van Hoorn|Robbert Maseland
Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment
University of Groningen|University of Groningen
evidence webers original thesis protestant work ethic ambiguous relies questionable measures work attitudes test relation protestantism work attitudes using novel method operationalizing work ethic effect unemployment individuals subjective wellbeing analyzing sample 150000 individuals 82 societies find strong support protestant work ethic unemployment hurts protestants hurts protestant societies whilst results shed new light protestant work ethic debate method wider applicability analysis attitudinal differences