Abstract
Theodore W. Schultz transformed the study of agricultural economics and economic growth and development. He made seminal contributions advocating the importance of human capital and particularly education for understanding economic growth in developed and developing countries. In this brief sketch I review his intellectual contributions to economics.
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The National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development provided research support. I thank Glen Cain, T. Paul Schultz and Kenneth I. Wolpin for comments.
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Walker, J.R. (2018). Schultz, T. W. (1902–1998). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95189-5_1854
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