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Human capital and institutions : a long run view /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Eltis, David, 1940-, Lewis, Frank, 1947-, Sokoloff, Kenneth Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biotechnology and the burden of age-related diseases / Robert W. Fogel
  • Extending the reach of anthropometric history to the distant past / Richard H. Steckel
  • Insecurity, safety nets, and self-help in Victorian and Edwardian Britain / George R. Boyer
  • The evolution of schooling in the Americas, 1800-1925 / Stanley L. Engerman, Elisa V. Mariscal, and Kenneth L. Sokoloff
  • Why the United States led in education : lessons from secondary school expansion, 1910 to 1940 / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz
  • The production of engineers in New York colleges and universities, 1800-1950 : some new data / Michael Edelstein
  • Young geniuses and old masters : the life cycles of great artists from Masaccio to Jasper Johns / David W. Galenson and Robert Jensen
  • An elite minority : Jews among the richest 400 Americans / Peter Temin
  • Suffrage and the terms of labor / Robert J. Steinfeld
  • Prodigals and projectors : an economic history of usury laws in the United States from colonial times to 1900 / Hugh Rockoff.