Were Jews in interwar Poland more educated?. (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abramitzky, Ran; Halaburda, Hanna
• Editors: Rubin, Jared
• Is Part Of: Journal of demographic economics. Volume 86:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 291
• Page End: 304
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: Education, -- Interwar Poland, -- Jews; Demography -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; Population -- Economic aspects -- Periodicals; 304.605
• DOI: 10.1017/dem.2020.4
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2054-0892

Abstract

Abstract: In the context of interwar Poland, we find that Jews tended to be more literate than non-Jews, but show that this finding is driven by a composition effect. In particular, most Jews lived in cities and most non-Jews lived in rural areas, and people in cities were more educated than people in villages regardless of their religion. The case of interwar Poland illustrates that the Jewish relative education advantage depends on the historical and institutional contexts.