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Theodore W. Schultz transformed the study of agricultural economics and economic growth and development. He made seminal contributions advocating the importance of human capital and particularly education for understanding economic growth in developed and developing countries. In this brief sketch I review his intellectual contributions to economics.
This chapter was originally published in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, 2008. Edited by Steven N. Durlauf and Lawrence E. Blume
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Walker, J.R. (2008). Schultz, T. W. (1902–1998). In: The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_1854-2
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