Investment in Human Capital, Productivity, and Inequality

Part III - Investment in Human Capital, Productivity, and Inequality

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 February 2021

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Avi Ben-Bassat ,

Reuben Gronau and

Asaf Zussman

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Avi Ben-Bassat: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Reuben Gronau: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Asaf Zussman: Affiliation:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Information: The Israeli Economy, 1995–2017
Light and Shadow in a Market Economy
, pp. 327 - 524

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108907620 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2021

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