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Education and Human Capital

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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.

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    Sascha O. Becker

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    Christopher L. Colvin

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Becker, S.O. (2018). Education and Human Capital. In: Blum, M., Colvin, C. (eds) An Economist’s Guide to Economic History. Palgrave Studies in Economic History. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96568-0_15

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