The Knowledge Trap: Human Capital and Development Reconsidered

Benjamin F. Jones

NBER Working Paper No. 14138
Issued in June 2008

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I wish to thank Daron Acemoglu, Pol Antras, Andrew Hertzberg, Jin Li, Pablo Montagnes, Ben Olken, Scott Stern, Kane Sweeney and participants in presentations at Northwestern, Washington University, Penn State, the LSE, and the BREAD conference for helpful comments. All errors are my own. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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