High skills, high growth: Is tourism an exception?

Journal of International Trade and Economic Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 749-785

  Di Liberto, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

economic development; human capital; human resources; services sector; tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN RESOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR; TOURISM;

EID: 84880025910     PISSN: 09638199     EISSN: 14699559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638199.2011.603054     Document Type: Article

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