Human Capital and the Economic Convergence Mechanism: Evidence from China
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Keywords
human capital; economic convergence; regional economic development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CNA-2019-04-15 (China)
- NEP-GEO-2019-04-15 (Economic Geography)
- NEP-GRO-2019-04-15 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-TRA-2019-04-15 (Transition Economics)
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