Search results for ""Author Theodore W. Schultz""
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Economics of Being Poor
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.
£55.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Origins of Increasing Returns
ORIGINS OF INCREASING RETURNS Nobel Laureate Theodore W.Schultz has made highly important contributions to the fields of agriculture and natural resource economics, and to human capital theory. This is the second of two volumes which encompass and combine the passions and interests of this eminent economist.Origins of Increasing Returns is mainly devoted to investments in specialized forms of capital, consisting in large part of human capital that produce increasing rates. The resulting tensions between politics and economics are critically examined.
£105.95
University of California Press Investing in People: The Economics of Population Quality
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1981.
£72.00
