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Education and Development : Outcomes for Equality and Governance in Africa
Ndulo, Muna B. (ed.); Assié-Lumumba, N'Dri T. (ed.) - 2020 - 1st ed. 2020.
–2010): Implications for Economic Inequality between Countries -- 4. Free Education, Schooling Outcomes, and Wages: An Inequality Analysis …1. Introduction: Education and Human Capital, Current Debates, and Policy Imperatives -- 2. Unpacking the Rhetorical … in Benin after the 2006 Free Tuition Policy -- 5. Education Driving Agriculture-Led Economic and Social Transformation in …
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Human Capital and Economic Growth : The Impact of Health, Education and Demographic Change
Bucci, Alberto (ed.); Prettner, Klaus (ed.);  … - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
: Population and the Environment: The Role of Fertility, Education and Life Expectancy; Fabio Mariani, Agustín Pérez-Barahona, and …Part I Human Capital in the Form of Education, Demographic Change, and Their Economic Implications -- Chapter 1: The … Valenti -- Chapter 2: Optimal Life-Cycle Education Decisions of Atomistic Individuals;Bernhard Skritek, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma …
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Standard of Living : Essays on Economics, History, and Religion in Honor of John E. Murray
Gray, Patrick (ed.); Hall, Joshua C. (ed.);  … - 2022
insurance, labor markets, religion, and family-related issues from education to orphanages, fertility, and marriage, Murray was …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013373466
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Seven Centuries of Unreal Wages : The Unreliable Data, Sources and Methods that have been used for Measuring Standards of Living in the Past
Hatcher, John (ed.); Stephenson, Judy Z. (ed.) - 2018
measurement of these phenomena in Britain, Europe and Asia, and provided the statistical backbone for countless descriptions and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397048
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Essays in Economic History : Purchasing Power Parity, Standard of Living, and Monetary Standards
Officer, Lawrence H. - 2022
Part 1: Purchasing Power Parity: Origin and Use -- Chapter 1: Salamancans and Gerard Malynes -- Chapter 2: Gustav Cassel -- Chapter 3: Purchasing Power Parity in Economic History -- Chapter 4: Afterword to Part I -- Part 2: Purchasing Power Parity: Empirical Studies -- Chapter 5: Absolute and...
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Human Capital and Regional Development in Europe : A Long-Run Comparative View
Diebolt, Claude; Hippe, Ralph - 2022 - 1st ed. 2022.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Regional human capital inequality in Europe -- Chapter 3. Spatial clustering of … numeracy and literacy -- Chapter 4. Human capital and market access in the European regions -- Chapter 5. The long-run impact … of human capital on innovation and economic growth in the regions of Europe -- Chapter 6. Lessons from human capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802252
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The Time-Travelling Economist : Why Education, Electricity and Fertility Are Key to Escaping Poverty
Robertson, Charlie - 2022
Education: No Take Off Without Adult Literacy -- Electricity: Power to the People -- Sex and Money: How Many Babies Are … take note of the vital importance of education, electrifi cation and family size, the world will be a better place … returns you earn as individuals or society when you invest in excellent education”. —Arunma Oteh, Chairperson, Royal African …
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Globalization and the Rise of Mass Education
Mitch, David (ed.); Cappelli, Gabriele (ed.) - 2019 - 1st ed. 2019
: Global forces and institutions in the era of mass education -- Chapter 9: Education in the U.S. as nationalist policy in a … competitive global economy, 1876 – 1907; Nancy Beadie -- Chapter 10: Western-style education and schooling in China, 20th century … accumulation based on a global, long-run perspective, focusing on a variety of countries in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398941
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Handbook of Cliometrics
Diebolt, Claude (ed.); Haupert, Michael (ed.) - 2019
The Handbook of Cliometrics is a milestone in the field of historical economics and econometric history through its emphasis on the concrete contribution of cliometrics to our knowledge in economics and history. The articles in the handbook, authored by the leading scholars in the fields, stress...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398671
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Just Enough : The History, Culture and Politics of Sufficiency
Ingleby, Matthew (ed.); Randalls, Samuel (ed.) - 2019
This book fosters a wide-ranging and nuanced discussion of the concept of ‘enough’. Acknowledging the prominence of notions of sufficiency in debates about sustainability, it argues for a more complex, culturally and historically informed understanding of how these might be manifested across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396910