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

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (354 p.)
• Disciplina: 306
• Soggetto topico: Human capital; Economic development; Business and education
• Altri autori: EltisDavid <1940-> LewisFrank <1947-> SokoloffKenneth Lee
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Human capital and institutions
• 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
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778487303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II