Turner, Chad; Tamura, Robert; Mulholland, Sean; Baier, Scott - In: Journal of Economic Growth 12 (2007) 2, pp. 101-158
This article introduces original annual average years of schooling measures for each state from 1840 to 2000. Our methodology results in state estimates similar to those reported in the United States Census from 2000 back to 1940 and national, turn of the century estimates strikingly close to...