Kevin O’Rourke|Jeffrey G. Williamson
Education, globalization and catch-up: Scandinavia in the Swedish mirror
abstract previous paper review argued vast majority swedens spectacular catchup late nineteenth century leaders due today would called globalization forces swedens catchup britain united states 1870 world war 1 due mostly mass migration international capital flows trade paper asks two additional questions first important schooling performance compared open economy forces answer modest second swedish explanation extended rest ofscandinavia answer yes