Sources of TFP growth: Occupational choice and financial deepening

Economic Theory

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 179-221

  Jeong, Hyeok ^a   Townsend, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial deepening; Occupation choice; Total factor productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247384212     PISSN: 09382259     EISSN: 14320479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00199-006-0201-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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