Does human capital generate social and institutional capital? Exploring evidence from South African time series data

Oxford Economic Papers

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 649-682

  Fedderke, Johannes W ^a   Luiz, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 54749083104     PISSN: 00307653     EISSN: 14643812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oep/gpn007     Document Type: Article

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