Woodward Lecture - The Accumulation of Human Capital: Research and Policy Questions

Published on 17 April 2018

In April, the Vancouver School is Economics hosted a free public lecture, The Accumulation of Human Capital: Research and Policy Questions, presented by Professor Orazio Attanasio of the University College London.

On Tuesday 17 April, Professor Orazio Attanasio delivered the 2018 Woodward Lecture at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver School of Economics. 

Mr. Eugene Sidney Woodward was a journalist who enjoyed a successful career writing for newspapers such as the Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, and Vancouver News-Herald, and also published under the pseudonym of Gene Ard. Through the generosity of Mr. Woodward, UBC has established a lectureship to perpetuate his spirit of concern for economic freedom and his interest in fresh approaches to contemporary economic problems and institutions. The lectureship is administered by the Vancouver School of Economics.

Authors

Orazio Attanasio
Orazio Attanasio

CPP Co-Director

Orazio is an International Research Fellow at the IFS, a Professor at Yale and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Presentation details

Publisher
IFS

Suggested citation

Attanasio, O. (2018). 'Woodward Lecture - The Accumulation of Human Capital: Research and Policy Questions' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/woodward-lecture-accumulation-human-capital-research-and-policy-questions (accessed: 24 April 2024).

Grant

Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy (CPP), 2015-2020

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