Institutions, human capital, and growth: The institutional mechanism

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-312

  Dias, Joilson ^a   Tebaldi, Edinaldo ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b BRYANT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Human capital; Institutions

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; NUMERICAL MODEL; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84861468942     PISSN: 0954349X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.strueco.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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