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On the human capital of Inca Indios before and after the Spanish Conquest. Was there a “Pre-Colonial Legacy”?
Juif, Dácil-Tania; Baten, Joerg - In: Explorations in Economic History 50 (2013) 2, pp. 227-241
Not only the colonial period, but also the pre-colonial times might have influenced later development patterns. In this study we assess a potential “pre-colonial legacy” hypothesis for the case of the Andean region. In order to analyze the hypothesis, we study the human capital of Inca...
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Age heaping and numeracy : looking behind the curtain
Blum, Matthias; Krauss, Karl-Peter - 2017
Age heaping-based numeracy indicators have served as valuable tools to derive basic human capital estimates, especially for periods where other indicators are unavailable. However, the accuracy of individual age statements usually remains unknown, and due to the lack of precise information it...
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Quantifying Quantitative Literacy : Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital
A'Hearn, Brian - 2007
correlation between age heaping and literacy at both the individual and aggregate level. To illustrate the method, we generate …
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Rethinking age-heaping : a cautionary tale from nineteenth century Italy
A'Hearn, Brian; Delfino, Alexia; Nuvolari, Alessandro - 2016
direct, qualitative evidence on age-awareness and numeracy. Though it can stand in as an acceptable proxy for literacy, our …
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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
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Market access, the skill premium and human capital in Spain (1860-1930)
González-Val, Rafael; Insa-Sánchez, Pau; … - 2022
economy, in this case Spain between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Specifically, we examine whether … trajectories of regional economic growth in Spain. To do this, we empirically test the relationship between education variables and …
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Is higher education mobility a good investment for EU lagging regions? : the case of Master and Back, an active labour market policy co‐financed by the European Social Fund. : XII...
Orrù, Enrico - 2012
This research claims that investing European Union (EU) Structural Funds in Learning Mobility (LM) might lead to further regional polarization. LM is a type of labour mobility finalized to acquire new knowledge (human capital) and social networks (social capital). Historically, LM has been...
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Access to Schools & Intergenerational Human Capital : Evidence from India
Sunder, Naveen - 2018
over 50 million children and prioritized districts with below-average female literacy rates. This structure facilitates a … literacy cutoff. In the analysis I combine data from multiple nationally representative household surveys with unique archival … information. The results show that DPEP increased school access, enrollment, literacy and completed education for both male and …
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New Evidence on the Human Capital Dynamics Within China - Is There a Human Capital Trap?
Glawe, Linda; Wagner, Helmut - 2021
It is by now well-established fact that human capital accumulation is decisive for explaining income differences across and within countries. However, while there is already a significant body of literature focusing on the analysis of income convergence, research on the dynamics of the...
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The effects of rapidly expanding primary school access on effective learning: The case of Southern and Eastern Africa since 2000
Taylor, Stephen; Spaull, Nicholas - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2013
proportion of children in an age-specific population that reach particular levels of literacy and numeracy. In order to measure …
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