Were mankiw, romer, and weil right? a reconciliation of the micro and macro effects of schooling on income

Macroeconomic Dynamics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1023-1054

  Breton, Theodore R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Economic Growth; Education; Human Capital; Neoclassical Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876353183     PISSN: 13651005     EISSN: 14698056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1365100511000824     Document Type: Article

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