Human capital and sustainability

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 97-154

  Šlaus, Ivo ^a   Jacobs, Garry ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b The Mother s Service Society   (India)

Author keywords

Education; Employment; Evolution; Human capital; Individuality; Inequality; Knowledge; Population; Social capital

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; PERSONNEL;

EVOLUTION; HUMAN CAPITALS; INDIVIDUALITY; INEQUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION; SOCIAL CAPITALS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856773864     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3010097     Document Type: Article

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