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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 …This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264304
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Quantifying Quantitative Literacy : Age Heaping and the History of Human Capital
A'Hearn, Brian - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777880
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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021
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 …This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316581
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Trading population for productivity
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2003
asymmetrically. The gains from trade were channeled towards population growth in non-industrial nations while in the industrial … nations they were directed towards investment in education and growth in output per capita. International trade enhanced the … comparative disadvantage in the production of skilled intensive goods. The focus on the interaction between population growth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318876
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Trade and the great divergence: The family connection
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2006
towards investment in education and growth in output per capita, a significant portion of the gains from trade in non …-industrial nations was channeled towards population growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318893
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Education economics from a historical perspective
Schüler, Ruth M. - 2018
The organization of the Prussian school system still affects the German education system of today. Against the background of end-of-nineteenth-Prussia this thesis analyzes how education funding emerges in a federal system and how it affects prosperity and nation building in a setting of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011793439
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Trading population for productivity: Theory and evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2008
gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant … portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284056
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Trading population for productivity : theory and evidence
Galor, Oded (contributor); Mountford, Andrew (contributor) - 2008
gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant … portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions … ; Growth ; Human Capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003728408
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Trading Population for Productivity : Theory and Evidence
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2008
gains from trade have been directed towards investment in education and growth in income per capita, whereas a significant … portion of these gains in less developed economies have been channeled towards population growth. Cross-country regressions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014220825
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Trade and the Great Divergence : The Family Connection
Galor, Oded; Mountford, Andrew - 2006
towards investment in education and growth in output per capita, a significant portion of the gains from trade in non …-industrial nations was channeled towards population growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014060187