A new method to estimate the level and distribution of household human capital with application

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 67-94

  Dagum, Camilo ^a   Slottje, Daniel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earned income function; Educational stock; Prospective method; Retrospective method; Size distribution of human capital

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; METHODOLOGY;

EID: 0033915441     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-349X(00)00022-9     Document Type: Article

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