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Education, training and skill development policies in Sudan: Macro-micro overview

Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

enhancing the educational system, provision of training and transfer of knowledge. Different from the Sudanese literature, an …

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Development and social justice: Education, training and health in Sudan

Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013

This paper discusses the importance of sound policies for achieving social development and social justice in provision of education, training and health services in Sudan. Different from Sudanese literature, we provide new contributions by explaining the low commitment to the standardized...

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Estimating the rate of return to education in Sudan

Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper examines the rate of return to education in Sudan. One advantage and interesting element in our analysis in this paper is that we explain three stylised facts on the rate of return to education using new primary data in Sudan: first, positive but low rate of return to education and...

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Many Types of Human Capital and Many Roles in U.S. Growth: Evidence from County-Level Educational Attainment Data

Young, Andrew; Levy, Daniel; Higgins, Matthew - EconWPA - 2004

We utilize county-level data to explore the roles of different types of human capital accumulation in U.S. growth determination. The data includes over 3,000 cross-sectional observations and 39 demographic control variables. The large number of observations provides enough degrees of freedom to...

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Intelligence, Human Capital, and Economic Growth: A Bayesian Averaging of Classical Estimates (BACE) Approach

Jones, Garett; Schneider, W. Joel - EconWPA - 2005

Human capital plays an important role in the theory of economic growth, but it has been difficult to measure this abstract concept. We survey the psychological literature on cross-cultural IQ tests, and conclude that modern intelligence tests are well-suited for measuring an important form of a...

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Technology frontier, labor productivity and economic growth: Evidence from OECD countries

Azomahou, Theophile; Diene, Bity; Diene, Mbaye - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2009

We use 29 OECD countries data spanning over 1960-2000 to study the growth strategy when countries are close to the technology frontier. Relying on a semi-parametric generalized additive model, we estimate labor productivity equations. We find that the number of agents enrolled in higher...

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Assessment of industrial performance and the relationship between skill, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan

Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper examines the industrial performance indicators and the relationships between skill indicators; between skill, upskilling, technology and input-output indicators in Sudan. Our findings are consistent with the stylized facts in the new growth literature, concerning the correlation...

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Assessment of skill and technology indicators at the macro-micro levels in Sudan

Nour, Samia - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

leads to poor provision of training; low skill levels; skills mismatch; low transfer of knowledge/external schooling effect … of networks systems and collaboration between universities and industry/firms, low transfer of knowledge and a lack of … entrepreneur perspective. We support our third hypothesis that the transfer of knowledge/external schooling effects is successful …

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Labour market and unemployment in Sudan

Nour, Samia Satti Osman Mohamed - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011

This paper examines the structure of the labour market and unemployment in Sudan. One advantage of our analysis in this paper is that we explain several stylized facts on labour market using new secondary data on population, employment and unemployment based on Sudan Central Bureau of Statistics...

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Capital Humano y Crecimiento Económico en México (1970-2000). Human Capital and Economic Growth in Mexico.

Bautista, Alejandro Diaz; Dominguez, Mauro Diaz - EconWPA - 2004

En los últimos años, se han realizado diversos estudios a nivel mundial utilizando el modelo de crecimiento y convergencia económica, a través de países y de regiones. Para el caso de México, hasta la segunda mitad de los noventas comienza el análisis empírico de la convergencia...

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