Human Capital in History The American Record

Building on Claudia Goldin's landmark research on the labor history of the United States, this book features contributors who consider the roles of education and technology in contributing to American economic growth and well-being, the experience of women in the workforce, and how trends in marriage and family affected broader economic outcomes.

About the author

Leah Platt Boustan is associate professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a research associate of the NBER. She is also a research associate at the California Center for Population Research and the Center for Research and Analysis of Migration at University College London. Carola Frydman is assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Boston University and a faculty research fellow of the NBER. Robert A. Margo is professor of economics at Boston University and a research associate of the NBER.

Summary

Building on Claudia Goldin's landmark research on the labor history of the United States, this book features contributors who consider the roles of education and technology in contributing to American economic growth and well-being, the experience of women in the workforce, and how trends in marriage and family affected broader economic outcomes.

Product details

• Assisted by: Carola Frydman (Editor), Robert A. Margo (Editor), Leah Platt Boustan (Editor), Leah P. Boustan (Editor), Frydman Carola (Editor), Boustan Leah Platt (Editor)
• Authors: Leah Platt Boustan, Leah Platt Frydman Boustan
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 05.11.2014
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9780226163895
• ISBN: 978-0-226-16389-5
• Pages: 432
• Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; National Bureau of Economic Re; National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report; (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports (CHUP); (NBER) National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Reports
• Subjects: USA, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Economic history, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA