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Education, Economic Development, and Technology Transfer: A Colonial Test

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I test the hypothesis advanced by Richard Easterlin and others that the importation of modern technology and prospects for economic development in the Third World are principally a function of the local population's formal schooling. According to orthodoxy, manufacturing more than any other sector should repay investment in human capital. Yet the correlation of schooling with the manufacturing sector is much lower than with the mineral sector, an enclave in colonial economies and a symbol of underdevelopment.

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  • Hanson, John R., 1989. "Education, Economic Development, and Technology Transfer: A Colonial Test," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(4), pages 939-957, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jechis:v:49:y:1989:i:04:p:939-957_00
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    1. Polachek, Solomon W., 2008. "Earnings Over the Life Cycle: The Mincer Earnings Function and Its Applications," Foundations and Trends(R) in Microeconomics, now publishers, vol. 4(3), pages 165-272, April.
    2. Marchand, Sébastien, 2016. "The colonial origins of deforestation: an institutional analysis," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 21(3), pages 318-349, June.

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