A human capital approach to inequalities: The case of the east asian miracle and India

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 523-530

  Fontana, Giuseppe ^a   Srivastava, Abhinav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ^*  (India)

Author keywords

High Performance Asian Economies; Human capital; India; Inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350464777     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624430226     Document Type: Article

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