How to promote R&D-based growth? Public education expenditure on scientists and engineers versus R&D subsidies

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 891-911

  Grossmann, Volker ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earnings inequality; Endogenous growth; Public education; R D subsidies; S E skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548985698     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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