North-south differences in Spain in IQ, educational attainment, per capita income, literacy, life expectancy and employment

Mankind Quarterly

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 265-291

  Lynn, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational attainment; Employment; Income; IQ; Life expectancy; Literacy; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860761229     PISSN: 00252344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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