Theodore William Schultz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Theodore William Schultz
Occupation	Economist
Date Of Birth	Apr 30, 1902(1902-04-30)
Age	122
Date Of Death	1998-02-26
Country	United States
Birth City	South Dakota
Horoscope	Aries

Theodore William Schultz Biography

Theodore William Schultz is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on April 30, 1902 in South Dakota, United States. Awardee of 1979’s Nobel Prize in Economics who claimed that farmers living in rural areas were kept in poverty due to the policy of the government. He wrote more than a dozen books over the course of his career, such as the 1993 book Origins of Increasing Returns.

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He was raised in Arlington, South Dakota.

Theodore William Schultz Net Worth

Theodore William Schultz is one of the richest Economist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Theodore William Schultz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The sluggish economy of his own home in the Dakotas during the period that followed WW I inspired in him an interest in the farming economy.

He quit his position as a professor in the University of Chicago after his report, which suggested that the use of a vegetable substitute for margarine could be employed to aid in war was rescinded due to the dairy industry demanded.

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Theodore Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Theodore William Schultz celebrates birthday on April 30 of every year.

What is Theodore Schultz concept of human development?

In 1960 Theodore Schultz expounded a human capital theory of economic growth that includes three elements: 1) Countries without much human capital cannot manage physical capital effectively, 2) Economic growth can only proceed if physical capital and human capital rise together, and 3) Human capital is the factor most …

Who was given Nobel Prize on the work of human capital theory?

Among the graduate students and faculty affiliated with the pair in the 1940s and 1950s were Clifford Hardin, Zvi Griliches, Marc Nerlove, and George S. Tolley. In 1979, Schultz was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in human capital theory and economic development.

Who is TW Schultz?

Theodore Schultz was an agricultural economist and the chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. Schultz made significant contributions to the economics of rural and agricultural development and the theory of human capital. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.

Who proposed human capital theory?

Human capital theory, initially formulated by Becker (1962) and Rosen (1976) , argues that individual workers have a set of skills or abilities which they can improve or accumulate through training and education.

Who coined human capital?

In the 1960s, the term human capital was made popular by two American economists, Gary Becker and Jacob Mincer , who used it to describe the mixture of skills, knowledge, experience, habits and personality in each of us that can be put to productive use.