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Table of contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Human capital, economic growth and regional analysis
1.2 Aim and contribution of the thesis
1.3 Outline of the thesis
2. Methodological background
2.1 Three-dimensional approach
2.2 Definition and measurement of human capital
2.2.1 The notion of human capital
2.2.2 Attributes and effects of human capital
2.2.3 Proxies of human capital
2.3 Theories of human capital, economic growth and regional development
2.3.1 Origins
2.3.2 Exogenous growth models
2.3.3 Endogenous growth models
2.3.4 Unified Growth Theory
2.3.5 New Economic Geography
2.4 Definition of the regional level in Europe
2.5 Appendix
2.5.1 Tables
2.5.2 Figures
3. Are you NUTS? The factors of production and their long-run evolution in Europe from a regional perspective
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Brief overview of economic growth models
3.3 Methodology and data
3.4 Results
3.4.1 Land
3.4.2 Capital and labour
3.4.3 Technological progress
3.4.4 Human capital
3.5 Conclusion
3.6 Appendix
3.6.1 Figures
4. How to measure human capital? The relationship between numeracy and literacy
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Literature
4.2.1 Literacy
4.2.2 Literacy and numeracy
4.2.3 Numeracy
4.2.4 Some economic and social implications
4.3 Data
4.4 Methodology
4.5 Results
4.6 Conclusion
4.7 Appendix
4.7.1 Data
4.7.2 Tables
4.7.3 Figures
5. Regional inequality in human capital formation in Europe, 1790 – 1880
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Economic differences between European countries in the 19th century
5.3 Human capital and education in 19th century Europe
5.4 Deriving age heaping from historical censuses
5.5 Data
5.6 Results
5.6.1 The development of human capital in the European countries .
5.6.2 Taking a closer look at the educational differences in Europe .
5.6.3 Regional differences at the European level
5.6.4 Inequalities of regional human capital distribution
5.7 Conclusion
5.8 Appendix
5.8.1 Data
5.8.2 Tables
5.8.3 Figures
6. ‘Keep them ignorant.’ Did inequality in land distribution delay regional numeracy development?
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Literature review
6.2.1 Economic growth and inequality
6.2.2 The economic and social effects of large farms: the example of England
6.3 Data
6.3.1 Overview
6.3.2 Regional land distribution in Europe
6.4 Results
6.4.1 OLS models
6.4.2 Instrumental Variable Models
6.4.3 Comparison of our results with other data
6.5 Conclusion
6.6 Appendix
6.6.1 Data
6.6.2 Tables
6.6.3 Figures
7. Spatial clustering of human capital in the European regions .
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Evolution of basic education in the European regions
7.3 Data
7.4 Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
7.5 Results
7.5.1 Global spatial autocorrelation
7.5.2 Moran scatter plots
7.5.3 Moran significance maps
7.5.4 Robustness checks
7.6 Conclusion
7.7 Appendix
7.7.1 Data
7.7.2 Tables
7.7.3 Figures
8. Remoteness equals backwardness? Human capital and market access in the European regions: insights from the long run
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Regional human capital formation in Europe, today and in the past
8.3 NEG and the economic geography of Europe
8.4 Theoretical model
8.5 Data and methodology
8.6 Results
8.7 Conclusions
8.8 Appendix
8.8.1 Tables
8.8.2 Figures
9. Regional human capital formation in Europe in the long run, 1850 – 2010
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Human capital formation in Europe in the (very) long run
9.3 Methodology and data
9.4 Results
9.4.1 Evolution of human capital in the European regions, 1850-2010
9.4.2 Evolution of intranational inequality
9.5 Conclusion
9.6 Appendix
9.6.1 Data
9.6.2 Tables
9.6.3 Figures
10. The long-run impact of human capital on innovation and economic growth in the regions of Europe
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Literature
10.3 Methodology and data
10.4 Results
10.4.1 Regional economic development, innovation and human capital in the European regions today
10.4.2 The influence of historical human capital on regional economic development and innovation today in the European regions
10.5 Conclusion
10.6 Appendix
10.6.1 Data
10.6.2 Tables
10.6.3 Figures
11. Summary, policy recommendations and directions for future research
12. References
