Human capital inequality, life expectancy and economic growth

Economic Journal

Volumn 118, Issue 528, 2008, Pages 653-677

  Castelló Climent, Amparo ^a   Doménech, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41149155975     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2008.02136.x     Document Type: Article

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