Is the Demographic Dividend an Education Dividend?

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 299-315

  Crespo Cuaresma, Jesús ^a   Lutz, Wolfgang ^b   Sanderson, Warren ^b,c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis   (Austria)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Demographic dividend; Economic growth; Education; Education dividend

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; INCOME;

EID: 84893590393     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0245-x     Document Type: Article

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