Human capital externalities and proximity: Evidence from repeated cross-sectional data

Economist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 79-105

  Canton, Erik ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b CPB NETHERLANDS BUREAU FOR ECONOMIC POLICY ANALYSIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Household data; Human capital externalities; Spatial econometric models

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; MODELING; PUBLIC GOODS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SKILLED LABOR; WAGE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849085411     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-009-9118-5     Document Type: Article

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