TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: CAN TURKEY ESCAPE THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP?

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2016-04-01

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Saraçoğlu, Dürdane Şirin

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ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi

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D. Ş. Saraçoğlu, “TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, HUMAN CAPITAL, AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY: CAN TURKEY ESCAPE THE MIDDLE INCOME TRAP?,” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, pp. 0–0, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/79902.