Health, education, and economic growth in China: Empirical findings and implications

China Economic Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 374-387

  LI, Hongyi ^a   HUANG, Liang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Growth; Health; Human capital; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049095515     PISSN: 1043951X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chieco.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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