How do national economic competitiveness indices view human capital?

European Journal of Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 236-258

  Sabadie, Jesús Alquézar ^a   Johansen, Jens ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b EU affiliated European Training Foundation   (Italy)

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EID: 77954168988     PISSN: 01418211     EISSN: 14653435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3435.2010.01427.x     Document Type: Article

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