Regional human capital in Republican and New China: Its spread, quality and effects on economic growth
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Keywords
education; human capital; China; history; growth; inequality; regional development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H7 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations
- P3 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions
- N15 - Economic History - - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations - - - Asia including Middle East
- H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
- O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EFF-2013-01-12 (Efficiency and Productivity)
- NEP-FDG-2013-01-12 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-KNM-2013-01-12 (Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy)
- NEP-TRA-2013-01-12 (Transition Economics)
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