Total factor productivity, per capita income and social divergence

Economic Record

Volumn 80, Issue 250, 2004, Pages 302-313

  Grafton, R Quentin ^a   Knowles, Stephen ^b   Owen, P Dorian ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 4544386233     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2004.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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