Oil boom, human capital and economic development: Some recent evidence

Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 100-116

  Obeng Odoom, Franklin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; decent work; education and training; Ghana; human capital; labour; oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924794951     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1035304615571046     Document Type: Article

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