Total factor productivity measurement and human capital in OECD countries

Economics Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Maudos, Joaquin ^a,b   Pastor, Jose Manuel ^a   Serrano, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b University of Valencia   (Spain)

Author keywords

D24; Efficiency; Human capital; Malmquist productivity index; O47; Technical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033414764     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00252-3     Document Type: Article

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