Changes in Population, Inequality and Human Capital Formation in the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Enriqueta Camps-Cura is Associate Professor of Economic History at Pompeu Fabra University, Spain.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Impact of Race and Inequality on Human Capital Formation in Latin America during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.- Chapter 3: Education and Inequality in North America in the Long Term with Special Reference to the United States.- Chapter 4: World Population Growth and Fertility Patterns, 1960-2010: A Simple Model Explaining the Evolution of the World’s Fertility – The Americas in a Comparative Framework.- Chapter 5: The Economic Geography of Human Capital in Twentieth Century Latin America in an International Comparative Perspective.- Chapter 6: Education and Children’s Work: Spain, Latin America and Developing Countries.- Chapter 7: Education, Gender Gaps and Market Openness: A Comparative Study of Urban Latin America and East Asia (1970-2000).- Chapter 8: Income and Human Capital, Inequality and Ethnicity in the Americas during the Second Era of Globalization (1960-2010).