China's human capital investment

China Economic Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 50-70

  Heckman, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human capital; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544272015     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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