The benefits of health: An insight from endogenous growth theory;Le bénéfice de la santé: Un apport des théories de la croissance endogène

Revue de l'OFCE

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-108

  Aghion, Philippe ^a   Howitt, Peter ^b   Murtin, Fabrice ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OCDE   (France)

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EID: 77955596439     PISSN: 12659576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/reof.112.0087     Document Type: Article

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