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Economies, Human Capital, and Natural Assets

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  • Mark Agee
  • Thomas Crocker*

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Human capital concerns are used to structure links between the economy and the environment. Suggestions for empirical work to explore these structures are provided. Particular attention is devoted to connections between environmental hazards and influences upon parents’ decisions to invest in forming children's human capital. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1998

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  • Mark Agee & Thomas Crocker*, 1998. "Economies, Human Capital, and Natural Assets," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 11(3), pages 261-271, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:enreec:v:11:y:1998:i:3:p:261-271
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1008243228388
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