Human Capital and Regional Development in Europe: A Long-Run Comparative View (Frontiers in Economic History)

Acknowledgements
About the Book
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Chapter 2: Regional Human Capital Inequality in Europe
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Human Capital Formation in Europe in the Long Run
	2.3 Methodology and Data
		2.3.1 Measure of Human Capital
		2.3.2 Indicators of Inequality
	2.4 Results
		2.4.1 Evolution of Human Capital in the European Regions: 1850-2010
		2.4.2 Intranational Inequality
	2.5 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Chapter 3: Spatial Clustering of Numeracy and Literacy
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Evolution of Basic Education in the European Regions
	3.3 Data
	3.4 Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
	3.5 Results
		3.5.1 Global Spatial Autocorrelation
		3.5.2 Moran Scatter Plots
		3.5.3 Moran Significance Maps
		3.5.4 Robustness Checks
	3.6 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Chapter 4: Human Capital and Market Access in the European Regions
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Related Literature
		4.2.1 Regional Human Capital Formation in Europe: Today and in the Past
		4.2.2 Economic Geography and Market Access in Europe
	4.3 Theoretical Model
	4.4 Data and Methodology
	4.5 Results
	4.6 Conclusions
	Appendix
	References
Chapter 5: The Long-Run Impact of Human Capital on Innovation and Economic Growth in the Regions of Europe
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Literature
	5.3 Methodology and Data
	5.4 Results
		5.4.1 Relationship Between Patents Per Capita and GDP Per Capita Today
		5.4.2 Explaining Regional Patents Per Capita
		5.4.3 Explaining Regional Economic Development
	5.5 Conclusion
	Appendix
	References
Chapter 6: Lessons from Human Capital Evolution over the Last 200 Years
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Human Capital: Theoretical Origins and Quantitative Measurement
	6.3 Regional Education Formation in Europe: Nineteenth Century to Today
	6.4 Factors for Regional Human Capital Formation
	6.5 Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Their Policy Implications
	6.6 Conclusion
	References
Chapter 7: Conclusion and Future Directions for Research
	References