Chapter 19 Technological Progress and Economic Transformation

Handbook of Economic Growth

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. PART B, 2005, Pages 1225-1273

  Greenwood, Jeremy ^a   Seshadri, Ananth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

child labor; economic growth; educational attainment; female labor force participation; fertility; household production theory; technological progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750181955     PISSN: 15740684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0684(05)01019-1     Document Type: Chapter

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