Human capital, tangible wealth, and the intangible capital residual

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-91

  Hamilton, Kirk ^a   Liu, Gang ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comprehensive wealth; Human capital; Intangible capital

Indexed keywords

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; NATURAL CAPITAL; NATURAL RESOURCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 84901504235     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/gru007     Document Type: Article

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