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6: Education and economic development: Evidence from the Industrial Revolution


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Sascha O. Becker interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 13 January 2012

Sascha Becker of the University of Warwick talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his research on the important role that formal education played in facilitating industrialisation in nineteenth century Prussia. They also discuss the relationship between education and fertility, and historical evidence in support of ‘unified growth theory’. The interview was recorded in August 2010
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