Inequality in Landownership, the Emergence of Human-Capital Promoting Institutions, and the Great Divergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23349764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oded Galor (0000-0001-6090-7235, Brown University), Omer Moav (Royal Holloway University of London), Dietrich Vollrath (0000-0003-2532-2009, University of Houston) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 143-179 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economic Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6527 • E-ISSN: 1467-937X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-937x.2008.00506.x |
| PMID | 23946551 |
| PMCID | PMC3740999 |
| OpenAlex | W2105085862 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 182 |
| References cited | 84 |
across countries. The prediction of the theory regarding the adverse effect of the concentration of landownership on education expenditure is established empirically based on evidence from the beginning of the 20th century in the U.S.
Agriculture · Capital (architecture) · China · Demographic economics · Development economics · Distribution (mathematics) · Divergence (linguistics) · Economic growth · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Great Divergence · Human capital · Inequality · Labour economics · Pace · Per capita · Sociology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Economic theories and models · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
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