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Project Citation: 

Xiong, Heyu , and Zhao, Yiling. Sectarian Competition and the Market Provision of Human Capital. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-11-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E183101V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This is the replication package for Xiong and Zhao (2023). It contains data and code to produce all tables and figures in the paper. 

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms higher education; religion; economic history
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1850 – 1890
Universe:  View help for Universe The dataset contains 1) college counts at the county level from 1850-1890. 2) A panel of linked colleges from 1870 to 1914, with college-level characteristics. 3) A student-level micro-data with their individual characteristics and attended college. 

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Burke, Colin. American Collegiate Populations: A Test of the Traditional View. New York, NY: New York University Press, 1982.
Tewksbury, Donald G. “The Founding of American Colleges and Universities before the Civil War.” Ph.D. thesis, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1932.
United States. Office of Education. Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education. Washington: U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education; U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1870-.
United States. Office of Education. Biennial Survey of Education In the United States. Washington: U.S. Govt. print. off., 1930.
U.S census

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