A01=Theodore W. Schultz
Author_Theodore W. Schultz
capital
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Product details
- ISBN 9781557863201
- Weight: 709g
- Dimensions: 165 x 238mm
- Publication Date: 03 Jun 1993
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The Economics of Being Poor is mainly devoted to the economics of acquiring skills and knowlede, to investment in the quality of the population and to the increasing economic importance of human capital - the quality of the work-force embodied in the health, education and skills, including the entrepreneurial skills of the workers themselves. The volume is divided into three parts: Most People are Poor, Invsting in Skills and Knowledge, and Effects of Human Capital.
The Economics of Being Poor represents a remarkable testament to perhaps the most elegant stylist in post-war economics.
Theodore W Schultz is Charles L Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. His Nobel Prie for Economics was received in 1979 for his 'pioneering research into economic development ... with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries.' He is the author of numerous books and articles including Restoring Economic Equilibrium (Blackwell, 1990) and Origins of Increasing Returns (Blackwell, 1993).
