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



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