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Human Capital, Growth and Inequality in Transition Economies Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Michael Spagat ()
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Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to living standards. I explore the possible implications of this key fact by surveying and adapting literature on growth and inequality. I focus especially on the long run and policy options.
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Paper provided by William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross Business School in its series William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series with number
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Keywords: Transition economies ; human capital ; growth ; inequality ; liquidity constraints ; educational reform ; long run ; Other versions of this item:
Find related papers by JEL classification: P2 - Economic Systems - - Socialist Systems and Transition Economies O15 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
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"Human Capital and the Future of Transition Economies ,"
Royal Holloway, University of London: Discussion Papers in Economics
01/3, Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London, revised Dec 2001.
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Spagat, Michael, 2002.
"Human Capital and the Future of Transition Economies ,"
CEPR Discussion Papers
3517, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Journal of Comparative Economics ,
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