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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 - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012916983
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011880789
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the US overtook the UK and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881092
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Was higher education a major channel through which the US became an economic superpower in the 20th century?
Cook, Adam; Ehrlich, Isaac - 2018
This paper offers a thesis for why the United States (US) overtook the United Kingdom (UK) and other European countries in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011804538
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Investing in Infants : The Lasting Effects of Cash Transfers to New Families
Barr, Andrew C.; Eggleston, Jonathan; Smith, Alexander A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We provide new evidence that cash transfers following the birth of a first child can have large and long-lasting effects on that child's outcomes. We take advantage of the January 1 birthdate cutoff for U.S. child-related tax benefits, which results in families of otherwise similar children...
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Generating economic growth : an analytical survey
Thompson, Maria - In: The open economics journal 1 (2008), pp. 25-36
The theoretical richness and variety of the new growth literature can make it difficult to capture the essence of growth models. With this paper, we wish to provide one possible integrating view of the nature of the growth generating processes. Revisiting the models that constitute the core of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009540712
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The United States and the Arab Spring
Kivimäki, Timo - In: Journal of Human Security 9 (2013) 1, pp. 15-26
This article reveals, by studying correlative relationships between US regime support and regime properties, that the US foreign policy in the Middle East has traditionally helped governments to limit the political participation of Islamists, communists, enemies of Israel and populations that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011154562
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Three futures for postcrisis banking in the Americas: The financial trilemma and the Wall Street complex
Dymski, Gary A. - 2010
This would seem an opportune moment to reshape banking systems in the Americas. But any effort to rethink and improve … banking must acknowledge three major barriers. The first is a crisis of vision: there has been too little consideration of … what kind of banking system would work best for national economies in the Americas. The other two constraints are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281752
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"Three Futures for Postcrisis Banking in the Americas: The Financial Trilemma and the Wall Street Complex"
Dymski, Gary A. - Levy Economics Institute - 2010
This would seem an opportune moment to reshape banking systems in the Americas. But any effort to rethink and improve … banking must acknowledge three major barriers. The first is a crisis of vision: there has been too little consideration of … what kind of banking system would work best for national economies in the Americas. The other two constraints are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542712
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Innovation Capabilities : Comparing Science and Engineering Employment in Canadian and U.S. Cities
Beckstead, Desmond; Brown, W. Mark - 2009
In recent years, cities have become increasingly interested in their ability to generate, attract and retain human capital. One measure of human capital is employment in science and engineering-based occupations. This paper provides a comparison of the employment shares of these specialized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207818