Sascha O. Becker
University of Warwick
Department of Economics

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Media coverage

1. Radio

  • Live interview with BBC Radio Foyle on "Is there a Protestant Work Ethic?"
  • Live interview with BBC Radio Ulster on "Is there a Protestant Work Ethic?"

    2. Online

  • my articles on VoxEU.org: latest post: Making globalisation work for workers
  • podcast on VoxEU.org: Education and economic development: evidence from the Industrial Revolution
  • my articles on Oekonomenstimme.org

  • YouTube video (with interviews) about June 2011 ILO/World Bank/CESifo/EFIGE conference I co-organized in June 2011

  • interview with Warwick Knowledge Centre, May 2011

  • interview with Uni-Bonn TV at 2008 meeting of "German Economists Abroad"

    3. Print

  • "Studie naar waarom protestanten zelfmoord plegen", Nederlands Dagblad (29 March 2012)
  • "Suicide More Likely With Protestants Than Catholics", Christian Post (27 March 2012)
  • "Der Tod in Preussen", Die Presse (17 March 2012)
  • "Study of the Day: Protestants May Be More Suicidal Than Catholics", The Atlantic (16 March 2012)
  • "Protestants more suicidal than Catholics: Study", Toronto Sun (13 March 2012)
  • "Die Oekonomik des Suizids", Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (15 January 2012)
  • "Selbstmord bei Christen?" PRO Christliches Medienmagazin (15 Jan 2012)
  • "‘Cerditos’ en la UE: ¿Son los países católicos manirrotos?", El País (7 January 2012)
  • "Marks, Weber i kryzys" Gazeta (16 November 2011)
  • "Havde Max Weber ret?" Katolsk Orientering (16 November 2011)
  • "Finanční úspěch a přízeň bohu", Ekonom (9 November 2011)
  • "Protestant v Catholic: which countries are more successful?", The Guardian (31 October 2011)
  • "Holy relevance Faith can influence economic behaviour -- but not always directly", The Economist (29 October 2011)
  • "Katholieken zijn helemaal niet luier dan protestanten", de Volkskrant (9 October 2011)
  • "Werkzeug für die Welt", Süddeutsche Zeitung (8/9 October 2011)
  • "Protestanten verdienen mehr als Katholiken", Berliner Morgenpost (7 October 2011)
  • "Luther und die Euro-Krise", Die Welt (7 October 2011)
  • "Pennies from Heaven", Foreign Policy (26 September 2011)
  • "Die Habsburger wirken bis heute" Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (21 August 2011)
  • "Der Habsburger Effekt" Oekonomenstimme (10 June 2011)
  • "The Enduring Legacy of Good Bureaucrats" Paul Krugman's New York Times Op-Ed Column (2 June 2011)
  • "The Habsburg Empire and the long half-life of economic institutions" VoxEU (31 May 2011)
  • "Die Wachstumseffekte der Europaeischen Regionalpolitik", Oekonomenstimme (13 May 2011)
  • "The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire!", Knowledge Centre, University of Warwick (May 2011)
  • "Time to kill the myths of globalization" (Dags att avliva myter om globaliseringen), newsmill.se (17 January 2011)
  • "No Italian jobs - Why Italian graduates cannot wait to emigrate", The Economist (8 January 2011)
  • "Preussen waehrend der Industriellen Revolution - rascher Aufholprozess dank Bildung", Oekonomenstimme (7 June 2010)
  • "The effect of EU structural funds on regional performance", GEP Newsletter Issue 31 (Summer 2010)
  • "Being the educational world leader helped Prussia catch up in the Industrial Revolution", VoxEU (9 May 2010)
  • "The curious economic effects of religion", Boston Globe (15 November 2009)
  • "Offshoring and home employment", VoxEU (9 November 2009)
  • "Itís Not About the Work Ethic", Stanford Social Innovation Review (Fall 2009)
  • "Protestanten haben dem Kapitalismus Schwung gegeben. Aber wie?", Chrismon (March 2009)
  • "Luther schaffte Wohlstand", Kˆlner Stadt-Anzeiger (24 February 2009)
  • "Amerika und Groflbritannien locken", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2 February 2009)
  • "Martin Luther - ein Feminist der ersten Stunde?", Handelsblatt (29 December 2008)
  • "Bildet euch!", Die ZEIT (23 December 2008)
  • "War Martin Luther ein Frauenrechtler?", Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (14 December 2008)
  • "Ansturm einer neuen Generation", Handelsblatt (15 September 2008)
  • "VWL: Harter Kampf gegen den "Brain Drain"", Handelsblatt (5 May 2008)
  • "Cuius regio eius religio", Wiener Zeitung (19 February 2008)
  • "Cuius regio eius religio", WirtschaftsWoche (21 December 2007)
  • "Protestanten sind gebildeter", Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (11 November 2007)
  • "Wie Luther den Wohlstand gefˆrdert hat", Neue Z¸rcher Zeitung (25 June 2007)
  • "Protestanten: Gebildet", Die ZEIT (19 June 2007)
  • "Wenn Bibelstunden reich machen ", Handelsblatt (16 June 2007)
  • "Hot Papers Februar 2007", Handelsblatt (12 March 2007)
  • "Osteuropa reformiert den Westen", Welt am Sonntag (17 April 2005)
  • "Firmen investieren wie nie - im Ausland", Kˆlner Stadt-Anzeiger (21 January 2005)
  • "A system in need of surgery" The Guardian, UK (3 September 2004)
  • "Why Italians are Saying Arrivederci" International Business Week (8 December 2003)
  • "Italian Students Seek the Dolce Vita Abroad" The Guardian, UK (26 September 2003)
  • "Poorer yes, but by how much?" The Economist, (9 January 2003)
  • "I cervelli italiani fuggono all'estero. Sempre di pi˘" Lavoce.info, Italy (12 December 2002)