Economic growth and the quantity and distribution of education: A survey

Journal of Economic Surveys

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 933-951

  Sauer, Petra ^a   Zagler, Martin ^b  

^a International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distribution of education; Economic growth; Education

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURVEY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84867143150     PISSN: 09500804     EISSN: 14676419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6419.2011.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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