The economic impact and determinants of investment in human and political capital in China

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 823-849

  Liu, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

CHINA;

EID: 0344552725     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375570     Document Type: Article

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