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12%OFFClaudia Goldin - The Race Between Education and Technology - 9780674035300 - V9780674035300
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The Race Between Education and Technology

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Description for The Race Between Education and Technology Paperback. Presents an analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. This book proposes that the twentieth century was not only the American Century but also the Human Capital Century. Num Pages: 496 pages, 51 line illustrations, 42 tables. BIC Classification: HBT; JN; JPHV; KCZ; KJMV3; KN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 708.

An incisive history of American education—its great success in creating prosperity and equality during the twentieth century and its relative decline since the 1970s.

“As Goldin and Katz have argued, the 20th century was the American century in large part because it was the human-capital century. Education—knowledge—can help people live better by allowing them to learn from past errors and make new discoveries.” —David Leonhardt, New York Times

This book provides a careful historical analysis of the co-evolution of educational attainment and the wage structure in the United States through the twentieth century. The authors propose that ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
731g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780674035300
SKU
V9780674035300
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About Claudia Goldin
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Lawrence Katz is Elisabeth Allison Professor of Economics at Harvard University.

Reviews for The Race Between Education and Technology
Masterful...As the book's title suggests, whether inequality increases or not is best thought of as an ongoing race between education and technology. Combining this simple but appealing idea with a deep knowledge of the histories of the U.S. labor market and educational institutions, Goldin and Katz conclude that whereas education was winning the race for most of the 20th century, ... Read more

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