Technological Progress, Mobility, and Economic Growth

American Economic Review

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-382

  Galor, Oded ^a   Tsiddon, Daniel ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARNINGS MOBILITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME INEQUALITY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORY;

EID: 0031411210     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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