Revisiting the role of education for agricultural productivity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 131-152

  Reimers, Malte ^a   Klasen, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

agricultural production function; agricultural productivity; cross country regression; education; human capital

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETURNS TO EDUCATION;

EID: 84871817101     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aas118     Document Type: Article

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