Human Capital in History: the American Record.

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Edited by Leah Platt Boustan, Carola Frydman, and Robert A. Margo

Cloth: $110.00

An NBER Conference Report

America's expansion to one of the richest nations in the world was partly due to a steady increase in labor productivity, which in turn depended on the invention and deployment of new technologies and on investments in both human and physical capital. The accumulation of human capital--the knowledge and skill of workers--has featured prominently in American economic leadership over the past two centuries.

Human Capital in History brings together contributions from leading researchers in economic history, labor economics, the economics of education, and related...