Is health capital formation good for long-term economic growth? - Panel Granger-causality evidence for OECD countries

Journal of Macroeconomics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 314-325

  Hartwig, Jochen ^a  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Health and growth; Human capital; Panel Granger causality tests

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349099824     PISSN: 01640704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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