Testing the growth effects of structural change

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Hartwig, Jochen ^a,b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human capital; Panel Granger causality tests; Structural change

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPENDITURE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL CHANGE;

EID: 80054874531     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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