Precautionary demand for education, inequality, and technological progress

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-315

  Gould, Eric D ^a   Moav, Omer ^a   Weinberg, Bruce A ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Risk; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010652699     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012782212348     Document Type: Article

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