The Knowledge Capital of Nations: Education and the Economics of Growth

by Ludger Woessmann and Eric A. Hanushek

Book Overview

A rigorous, pathbreaking analysis demonstrating that a country's prosperity is directly related in the long run to the skills of its population.

In this book Eric Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann make a simple, central claim, developed with rigorous theoretical and empirical support: knowledge is the key to a country's development. Of course, every country acknowledges the importance of developing human capital, but Hanushek and Woessmann...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262029170
• ISBN13: 9780262029179
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher