Good schools make good neighbors: Human capital spillovers in early 20th century agriculture

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 316-334

  Parman, John ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Education; Human capital spillovers; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862570356     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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