Twin engines of growth: Skills and technology as equal partners in balanced growth

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 87-115

  Lloyd Ellis, Huw ^a   Roberts, Joanne ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bounded complementarity; Endogenous human capital accumulation; Endogenous technological change; Minimum skill requirements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038842697     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015633528122     Document Type: Article

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