Flutterby™! : Jesuit missions and a legacy of education 2018-11-13 16:22:41.339602+01

Jesuit missions and a legacy of education

2018-11-13 16:22:41.339602+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

It ended in 1767, yet this experiment is still linked to higher incomes and education levels today:

Jesuits arrived late to the Guarani people’s homeland where Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina meet. But their missions thrived until 1767, when King Charles III of Spain expelled all Jesuits from the Spanish Empire.

Yet even 250 years later, people living near the ruins of Jesuit missions complete 10 to 15 percent more years of education and earn 10 percent more than residents of equivalent towns without missions, according to a study published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

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