Income distribution, human capital and environmental quality: Empirical study in China

Energy Procedia

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 1689-1696

  Yang, Jun ^a,b   Yang, Zhong Kui ^a   Sheng, Peng Fei ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

EKC (environment kuznets curve); Environmental quality; Human capital; Income distribution

Indexed keywords

ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENERGY RESOURCES;

EKC (ENVIRONMENT KUZNETS CURVE); EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HUMAN CAPITALS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PANEL DATA; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 79961109890     PISSN: 18766102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2011.03.288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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