Growth of US industries and investments in information technology and higher education

Economic Systems Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-325

  Jorgenson, Dale W ^a   Ho, Mun S ^b   Stiroh, Kevin J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Education; Information technology

Indexed keywords

HIGHER EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL TRADE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141451994     PISSN: 09535314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953531032000111781     Document Type: Article

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