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Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-run growth

Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2008

contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America … numeracy as measured by the age-heaping strategy for long-run economic growth. In a variety of specifications, numeracy … mattered quite strongly for growth patterns around the globe. …

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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth

Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee - CESifo - 2008

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Quantifying quantitative literacy: Age heaping and the history of human capital

A'Hearn, Brian; Baten, Jörg; Crayen, Dorothee - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2006

Age data frequently display excess frequencies at round or attractive ages, such as even numbers and multiples of five. This phenomenon of age heaping has been viewed as a problem in previous research, especially in demography and epidemiology. We see it as an opportunity and propose its use as...

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Numeracy in early modern Korea, Japan, and China : the age-heaping approach

Baten, Jörg; Sohn, Kitae - In: Japan and the world economy : international journal of … 43 (2017), pp. 14-22

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Slave numeracy in the Cape Colony and comparative development in the eighteenth century

Baten, Jörg; Fourie, Johan - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2012

of growth and comparative economic development, especially in regions such as Africa. Using the reported age of criminals …

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Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60

Friesen, Julia; Baten, Jörg; Prayon, Valeria - Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper traces the human capital development of 14 Asian countries for the period of 1900-60, using the age-heaping method. We place special emphasis on the gender gap in numeracy and its determinants. In particular, we test the validity of a U-hypothesis of gender equality, implying that...

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Women Count: Gender (in-)equalities in the human capital development in Asia, 1900-60

Friesen, Julia; Baten, Jörg; Prayon, Valeria - 2012

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A golden age before serfdom? : the human capital of Central-Eastern and Eastern Europe in the 17th-19th centuries

Baten, Jörg; Szołtysek, M. - 2014

Can the 16th and early 17th centuries in Poland‐Lithuania and some other east‐central European countries be characterized as a “Golden Age” in human capital? We trace the development of a specific human capital indicator during this period: numeracy. We draw upon new evidence for Poland...

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Social and intertemporal differences of basic numeracy in Pannonia (first century BCE to third century CE)

Baten, Jörg; Priwitzer, Stefan - In: Scandinavian economic history review 63 (2015) 2, pp. 110-134

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Numeracy of religious minorities in Spain and Portugal during the inquisition era

Juif, Dácil; Baten, Jörg; Pérez-Artés, Mari Carmen - In: Revista de historia económica : RHE 38 (2020) 1, pp. 147-184

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