Education is Good for the Poor: A Note on Dollar and Kraay

Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: Prospects for Pro-poor Economic Development

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Gundlach, Erich ^a,b   De Pablo, JosÉ Navarro ^c   Weisert, Natascha ^d  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

^b HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Union Bank of Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^d GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Growth; Income distribution; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920114210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199268657.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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