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Changes in Population, Inequality and Human Capital Formation in the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: A Comparative Perspective: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

Autor Enriqueta Camps-Cura
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 iul 2019
The evolution of inequality and its causes are of crucial importance to all scholars working in the social sciences. By focusing on the divergent development of North America and Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Camps-Cura offers a comparative perspective of the relationship between human capital expansion and inequality in the long run. The book also explores the variables of education and inequality on children, work and gender.
 


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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030213503
ISBN-10: 3030213501
Pagini: 118
Ilustrații: XVI, 159 p. 60 illus., 51 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Seria Palgrave Studies in Economic History

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Impact of Race and Inequality on Human Capital Formation in Latin America during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.- Chapter 3: Education and Inequality in North America in the Long Term with Special Reference to the United States.- Chapter 4: World Population Growth and Fertility Patterns, 1960-2010: A Simple Model Explaining the Evolution of the World’s Fertility – The Americas in a Comparative Framework.- Chapter 5: The Economic Geography of Human Capital in Twentieth Century Latin America in an International Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 6: Education and Children’s Work: Spain, Latin America and Developing Countries.- Chapter 7: Education, Gender Gaps and Market Openness: A Comparative Study of Urban Latin America and East Asia (1970-2000).- Chapter 8: Income and Human Capital, Inequality and Ethnicity in the Americas during the Second Era of Globalization (1960-2010).


Notă biografică

Enriqueta Camps-Cura is Associate Professor of Economic History at Pompeu Fabra University, Spain. 

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The evolution of inequality and its causes are of crucial importance to all scholars working across the social sciences. By focusing on the divergent development of North America and Latin America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Camps-Cura offers a comparative perspective of the relationship between human capital expansion and inequality in the long run. The book also explores the variables of education and inequality on children, work and gender.

Caracteristici

Examines the impact of unequal distribution of human capital on income inequality Reflects on race, gender, religion and education in the evolution of inequality Provides a history of economic geography of the Americas