This paper conducts an empirical study by province level data to analyze the relationship between China's human development and economic growth. The results of this study show that improvements of human development are followed by faster economic growth and influences of human capital derived...

Role of human capital in achieving sustainable and inclusive economic growth is a widespread credence and reflected in the empirical studies focusing international and regional levels. However, the reporting and assessment of human capital on the sub-regional (sub-national) levels is still not...

We present in this work evidence about the relationships between human capital and wealth for seventy two countries in the world. Human capital is estimated, in monetary per capita terms, from intellectual capital approach with two types of indicators: absolute, in monetary terms, and...

Accumulation of education and geographic concentration of educated people in cities are expected to generate urban income growth. New economic geography predicts income divergence across regions. We investigate the dynamic process of accumulating tertiary education and regional income growth in...

This paper presents new evidence on the role of cognitive skills in promoting economic growth rate, using a within country dataset (Brazilian municipalities’ dataset) and nonparametric kernel regression estimation with mixed data.

One of the most fundamental issues worldwide is the economic interdependence of countries which affects their economic growth. Some new growth theorists such as Mankiw et al., Islam, Ertur and Koch, Lee, Yu and Yu Ho et al. consider geographical proximity and trade as spatial variables. This...

In this paper we study three crucial questions of economic decision-making: a) How are the people motivated in the choice of profession (career) and schools? This is also a decision that deals with the criteria for building the human capital of various specialisations. b) Can enterprises rely on...

In this paper, the process of productivity convergence is investigated for the enlarged European Union using regional (NUTS-2) data. The Solow model extended by human capital is employed as a workhorse. Alternative strategies are proposed to control for spatial effects. All specifications...

This paper analyses regional growth in Eastern Europe in the second half of the 1990s, when regional disparities sharply increased. We aim to identify the factors behind growth and investigate in particular the role of (foreign) investment, education and innovation as well as geographical...

Despite the high growth of the Peruvian economy during the last decade, college graduates are facing increasing difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario is embodied in the "professional underemployment"...