Was Higher Education a Major Channel through which the United States Became an Economic Superpower in the 20th Century?
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Keywords
human capital; endogenous growth; Morrill Act; higher education; treatment effects; US;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models
- H10 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - General
- I20 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - General
- N10 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - General, International, or Comparative
- N30 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - General, International, or Comparative
- O00 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - General - - - General
- O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2018-07-16 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2018-07-16 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-KNM-2018-07-16 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
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