Demographics and recent productivity performance: Insights from cross-country comparisons

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-344

  Beaudry, Paul ^a   Collard, Fabrice ^b   Green, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TOULOUSE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 19944388624     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0008-4085.2005.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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