Growth, distance to frontier and composition of human capital

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-127

  Vandenbussche, Jérôme ^a   Aghion, Philippe ^b   Meghir, Costas ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convergence; Economic growth; Human capital; Imitation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747353355     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-006-9002-y     Document Type: Article

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