Education and income of the states of the United States: 1840-2000

Journal of Economic Growth

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-158

  Turner, Chad ^a   Tamura, Robert ^b,c   Mulholland, Sean E ^d   Baier, Scott ^b,c  

^a NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^d MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

State real output per worker; State years of schooling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447098624     PISSN: 13814338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10887-007-9016-0     Document Type: Article

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