Religious and secular human capital: An economic model

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 489-498

  Hollander, Gideon ^a   Kahana, Nava ^a   Lecker, Tikva ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Externalities; Religious studies; Secular human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242467632     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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