Building knowledge stocks locally: Consequences of geographic mobility for the effectiveness of state higher education policies

Economic Development Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 316-329

  Groen, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

economic development; education policy; geographic mobility; higher education; state policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR SUPPLY; POLICY MAKING; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; STATE ROLE;

EID: 80555131855     PISSN: 08912424     EISSN: 15523543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891242410388934     Document Type: Article

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