Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-term growth

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-99

  Crayen, Dorothee ^a   Baten, Joerg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age heaping; Europe; Global estimates; Growth; Human capital; Industrial Revolution; Middle East; Numeracy

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749098521     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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