Increasing returns, human capital, and the Kuznets curve

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 353-367

  Glomm, Gerhard ^a   Ravikumar, B ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAPITAL ACCUMULATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME INEQUALITY; KUZNETS CURVE; RETURNS TO SCALE; THEORY;

EID: 0032053258     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00040-6     Document Type: Article

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