Quantifying quantitative literacy: Age heaping and the history of human capital

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 783-808

  A'Hearn, Brian ^a   Baten, Jörg ^b   Crayen, Dorothee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ESTIMATION METHOD; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LITERACY;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70450265480     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050709001120     Document Type: Article

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