Technical Change and Human-Capital Returns and Investments: Evidence from the Green Revolution.
Panel and time-series data describing the green-revolution period in India are used to assess the effects of exogenous technical change on the returns to schooling, the effects of schooling on the profitability of technical change, and the effects of technical change and school availability on household schooling investment. The results indicate that the returns to (primary) schooling increased during a period of rapid technical progress, particularly in areas with the highest growth rates. Such increases induced private investment in schooling, net of changes in wealth, wages, and the availability of schools, and school expansion importantly increased levels of schooling. Copyright 1996 by American Economic Association.
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1996
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Authors: | Foster, Andrew D ; Rosenzweig, Mark R |
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American Economic Review. - American Economic Association - AEA. - Vol. 86.1996, 4, p. 931-53
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American Economic Association - AEA |
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