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Nigeria. This tendency engenders multiplier effects in stimulating sustainable development given that education-driven growth … long run development objectives. Thus, in the nascent quest for sustainable development, this study takes the new growth …
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This study analysed the impact of education human capital development on economic growth in Nigeria from 1980 to 2020 … World Development Indicators of the World Bank, were subjected to appropriate descriptive and econometric techniques … human capital development, as measured by secondary school enrolment, and economic growth in Nigeria. Therefore, the study …
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The literature has not sufficiently engaged the emergence and expansion of the phenomenon of Slave export. This article contributes to the existing stream by examining the role of human capital or intelligence on slave exports. We postulate and justify a reasonable hypothesis that countries...
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This paper explores the determinants of intelligence by focusing on the role played by barriers to the diffusion of competence and human capital. The results based on cross-sectional data from 167 countries consisting of 1996-2009 averages suggest that, genetic distance to global frontiers has a...
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We assess the correlations between intelligence and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from … 2000-2010. Human capital is measured in terms of IQ, cognitive ability & cognitive skills, while financial development is … appreciated both from financial intermediary and stock market development perspectives. Short-term financial measures are private …
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, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade …
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This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and …) human development (GDP per capita growth) in low (high) quantiles of the distribution. (3) Specific differences in effects … are found in top quantiles of human development and low quantiles of GDP per capita growth where, the physician (nurse …
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Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals are reaching...
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-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial …
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Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting concern over corresponding rising unemployment and depleting per capita income. We examine the issues in this paper from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships...
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