Why the United States led in education: Lessons from secondary school expansion, 1910 to 1940

Human Capital and Institutions: A Long Run View

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 143-178

  Goldin, Claudia ^a   Katz, Lawrence F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511605390.007     Document Type: Chapter

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