03081nam 2200613Ia 450 991081350860332120200520144314.01-107-19466-00-511-69938-71-282-31793-897866123179340-511-60438-60-511-60360-60-511-60509-90-511-60479-30-511-60282-0(CKB)1000000000799296(EBL)461080(OCoLC)609845583(Au-PeEL)EBL461080(CaPaEBR)ebr10338487(CaONFJC)MIL231793(MiAaPQ)EBC461080(PPN)227272277(EXLCZ)99100000000079929620090521d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Human capital and institutions[electronic resource] a long run view /edited by David Eltis, Frank Lewis, Kenneth L. SokoloffNew York Cambridge University Press20091 online resource (354 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-521-76958-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 19406 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; IndexHuman 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 institHuman capitalEconomic developmentBusiness and educationHuman capital.Economic development.Business and education.306Eltis David1940-133519Lewis Frank1947-1700156Sokoloff Kenneth Lee1100433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813508603321Human capital and institutions4082940UNINA