Natural disasters and human capital accumulation

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 280-302

  Cuaresma, Jesus Crespo ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INVESTMENT; NATURAL DISASTER; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

EID: 77956324729     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: 1564698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhq008     Document Type: Article

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