draws on recent work in growth theory and places institutions and government policy at the heart of the growth process. We …

cross-country evidence points to productivity benefits of education that are at least as large as those identified by labour …This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on … clarify where empirical work on education using macro data may be relatively useful. It is argued that on balance, the recent …

the two separate margins of primary/secondary and tertiary education. Interestingly, the latter type of schooling proves …

productivity catch-up is rejected. A number of potential `ultimate' causes behind the slowdown are explored. An increasingly …

productivity and human capital investments. Using light intensity as an alternative measure for economic activity confirms the …

, notably, into establishing the magnitude and sources of total factor productivity growth. …

(proportional to the distance between the initial and `terminal' value of per-capita income); and the `productivity wedge', which is …

is led to reject the convergence theory. In order to understand what lies at the heart of this discrepancy, the paper …

education to economic development, this paper examines the performance of the Irish economy in the framework of a model of … relatively low. Possible explanations for this poor performance are explored. Neither the structure of education nor low rates of … returns to the increased investment in education undertaken in recent decades. …

Analysis of the contribution of education to growth through its role in promoting a common culture indicates that when …