Human capital and economic growth
By: Andreas Savvides and Thanasis Stengos.
Contributors: Stengos, Thanasis.
Publisher: Stanford Economics and Finance
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780804755405
Subjects: Human capital; Economic development
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to human capital and economic growth; title: The concept of human capital : a brief historical review; title: Theoretical models of human capital and economic growth; title: Human capital and endogenous models of economic growth; title: Threshold effects, multiple equilibria, and nonlinearities in human capital and economic growth; title: Empirical studies on human capital and economic growth; title: Human capital and economic growth : linear specifications; title: A primer on nonparametric methods and their application to research in human capital and economic growth; title: Human capital and economic growth : nonlinear specifications.