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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.
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Agee, M.D., Crocker*, T.D. Economies, Human Capital, and Natural Assets. Environ Resource Econ 11, 261–271 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008243228388
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