Education Matters: Global Schooling Gains from the 19th to the 21st Century

by Jong-wha Lee and Robert J. Barro

Book Overview

Education has significant and far-reaching effects not only on individuals, but also on the societies in which they live and to which they contribute. The education level of a population affects how a country supports itself and others and the degree to which it can participate in the global field. While everyone from politicians to policymakers to celebrities has stressed the importance of education, there has not been-until now-a vigorous yet comprehensible...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199379238
• ISBN13: 9780199379231
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 10.1"