Cost- and income-based measures of human capital

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-307

  Le, Trinh ^a   Gibson, John ^a   Oxley, Les ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human capital; Monetary value

Indexed keywords

COST; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0038336365     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6419.00196     Document Type: Article

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