Social status, education, and growth

Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-132

  Fershtman, Chaim ^a   Murphy, Kevin M ^b   Weiss, Yoram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; EQUITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0030478859     PISSN: 00223808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/262019     Document Type: Article

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