Human capital in Qing China: economic determinism or a history of failed opportunities?
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Keywords
human capital; China; private returns; economic development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEV-2013-01-12 (Development)
- NEP-HIS-2013-01-12 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-HRM-2013-01-12 (Human Capital & Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2013-01-12 (Labour Economics)
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