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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813508603321

Titolo

Human capital and institutions [[electronic resource] ] : a long run view / / edited by David Eltis, Frank Lewis, Kenneth L. Sokoloff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-107-19466-0

0-511-69938-7

1-282-31793-8

9786612317934

0-511-60438-6

0-511-60360-6

0-511-60509-9

0-511-60479-3

0-511-60282-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

EltisDavid <1940->

LewisFrank <1947->

SokoloffKenneth Lee

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Human capital

Economic development

Business and education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; In Memoriam: Kenneth L. Sokoloff; Contributors; Introduction; Part I Health and living standards; 1 Biotechnology and the Burden of Age-Related Diseases; 2 Extending the Reach of Anthropometric History to the Distant Past; 3 Insecurity, Safety Nets, and Self-Help in Victorian and Edwardian Britain; Part II Institutions and schooling; 4 The Evolution of Schooling in the Americas, 1800-1925; 5 Why the United States Led in Education: Lessons from Secondary School Expansion, 1910 to 1940

6 The Production of Engineers in New York Colleges and Universities, 1800-1950: Some New DataPart III Human capital outliers; 7 Young



Geniuses and Old Masters: The Life Cycles of Great Artists from Masaccio to Jasper Johns; 8 An Elite Minority: Jews among the Richest 400 Americans; Part IV Constraints in labor and financial markets; 9 Suffrage and the Terms of Labor; 10 Prodigals and Projectors: An Economic History of Usury Laws in the United States from Colonial Times to 1900; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Human Capital and Institutions brings to the fore the role of political, social, and economic institutions in human capital formation and economic growth. Written by leading economic historians, the chapters in this text offer a broad-based view of instit