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What accounts for the US ascendancy to economic superpower by the early 20th century : the morrill act - human capital hypothesis
Ehrlich, Isaac; Cook, Adam; Yin, Yong - 2018
Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to its overtaking the UK as economic superpower. We explore the contributing factors. Identifying the land-grant colleges system triggered by the 1862/1890 Morrill Acts (MAs) as a...
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It's all in the stars : the Chinese zodiac and the effects of parental investments on offspring's cognitive and noncognitive skill development
Tan, Chih Ming; Wang, Xiao; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2018
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From a welfare to a mixed-plural education system : Chinese welfare education and investment in human capital
Zheng, Gongcheng - In: Market development in China : spillovers, growth, and …, (pp. 61-75). 2007
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The threshold effect of high-level human capital investment on China's urban-rural income gap
Jiang, Yitao; Shi, Xiaojun; Zhang, Shunming; Ji, Jingjing - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 3 (2011) 3, pp. 297-320
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Investing in Human Capital for Economic Development in China.
Liu, Gordon G - 2009
, attainment and disparity in both education and health; and investing in human capital in China and the economic returnsFeatures … -- PART 1: Human Capital and Economic Growth -- Chapter 1: Why China is Likely to Achieve Its Growth Objectives Robert W … Economic Growth in China Dean T. Jamison, Lawrence J. Lau and Jia Wang -- 1. Background: Health and Economic Growth -- 2. Data …
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Green transformation in China : structures of endowment, investment, and employment
Tong, Hefeng; Wang, Yan; Xu, Jiajun - In: Structural change and economic dynamics : SC+ED 54 (2020), pp. 173-185
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Investing in Human Capital for Economic Development in China
Liu, Gordon Guoen; Zhang, Shu Fang - 2011
human capital on economic development and social well-being in modern China. Composed of keynote speeches and selected … empirical evidence of the relationships amongst health, education and economic development in China. The book presents a broad … health; and investing in human capital and the economic and social returns in China. Distinguished contributors include …
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Attaining the 2050 vision for Africa : breaking the human capital barrier
Fredriksen, Birger; Kagia, Ruth - In: Global journal of emerging market economies 5 (2013) 3, pp. 269-328
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Oil boom, human capital and economic development : some recent evidence
Obeng-Odoom, Franklin - In: The economic and labour relations review : ELRR 26 (2015) 1, pp. 100-116
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The role of human capital and innovation in Prussian economic development
Cinnirella, Francesco; Streb, Jochen - 2013
By merging individual data on valuable patents granted in Prussia in the late nineteenth century with county level information on literacy and income tax revenues we show that increases in the stock of human capital not only improved workers ́productivity but also accelerated innovative...
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