The contribution of schooling in development accounting: Results from a nonparametric upper bound

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-211

  Caselli, Francesco ^a   Ciccone, Antonio ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development accounting; Imperfect substitution; Schooling

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EDUCATION; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH;

EID: 84881256612     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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