Geography, demography, and early development

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-321

  Iyigun, Murat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Growth; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 26044470207     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-004-0212-3     Document Type: Article

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