Education and Human Capital

Sascha Becker

Chapter 15 in An Economist’s Guide to Economic History, 2018, pp 121-131 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In modern economies, more educated people typically earn more, live healthier lives, are less likely to be divorced, are more future-oriented, less likely to have children while teenagers and less likely to be ever arrested. This chapter discusses some of the drivers of education, its relationship to culture and virtues, as well as its impact on demography and economic development. Economic history is presented by its author as a means of answering the question of causality.

JEL-codes: I21 I25 I26 J24 N30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_15

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