Editing Reformation (section)

==== Protestant ethic {{anchor|Protestant work ethic}} ====
{{Main|Protestant work ethic}}
Claims include:
* More hours worked.<ref>{{Cite SSRN|last=Spenkuch|first=Jörg L.|date=20 March 2011|title=The Protestant Ethic and Work: Micro Evidence from Contemporary Germany|ssrn=1703302}}</ref>
* Divergent stated attitudes about the absolute priority of work between Protestants and Catholics.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Schaltegger |first1= Christoph A.|last2=Torgler|first2= Benno|date=1 May 2010|title= Work ethic, Protestantism, and human capital|journal=Economics Letters|volume=107|issue=2|pages=99–101 |doi= 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.12.037|url=https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32407/1/COVERSHEET_C32407.pdf |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://eprints.qut.edu.au/32407/1/COVERSHEET_C32407.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status= live}}</ref>
* Fewer referendums on leisure, state intervention, and redistribution in Swiss cantons with more Protestants.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1= Basten|first1=Christoph|last2= Betz|first2=Frank|title=Beyond Work Ethic: Religion, Individual, and Political Preferences |journal=American Economic Journal: Economic Policy |volume=5|issue= 3|pages=67–91 |doi=10.1257/pol.5.3.67|year=2013 |url= http://www.aeaweb.org/aej/pol/app/2011-0231_app.pdf |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.aeaweb.org/aej/pol/app/2011-0231_app.pdf |archive-date= 2022-10-09 |url-status= live|hdl= 1814/62006}}</ref>
* Lower life satisfaction when unemployed.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1= van Hoorn|first1=André|last2= Maseland |first2=Robbert|date=1 July 2013 |title= Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment|journal=Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization|volume= 91|pages=1–12 |doi= 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.038|url=https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/17796724/van_Hoorn_2013_JEBO_AC_Does_a_Protestant_work_ethic_exist.pdf |archive-url= https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/17796724/van_Hoorn_2013_JEBO_AC_Does_a_Protestant_work_ethic_exist.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status= live|hdl=11370/edf4c610-0828-4ba7-b222-9ce36e3c58be|s2cid= 73683588 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>
* Pro-market attitudes.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hayward|first1=R. David|last2=Kemmelmeier |first2= Markus |date= 1 November 2011|title=Weber Revisited A Cross-National Analysis of Religiosity, Religious Culture, and Economic Attitudes |journal=Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology |volume=42|issue=8|pages=1406–1420 |doi= 10.1177/0022022111412527 |s2cid= 9101480 |issn=0022-0221}}</ref>
* Higher relative income growth in Protestant cities compared to Catholic cities (correlated with larger growth in Protestant city size.)<ref name= "Becker 531–596"/>