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We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill-poor economy. Technical assistance relies mainly on expatriate skills and labor from the host country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a...
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We examine the issue of technical assistance versus brain drain repatriation as alternative strategies for transferring scarce skills to a skill-poor economy. Technical assistance relies mainly on expatriate skills and labor from the host country, while brain drain repatriation seeks to effect a...
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economic institutions and quantitative measures of tertiary education cannot. Under the growth model estimates and plausible …Existing growth research provides little explanation for the very large differences in long-run growth performance … across OECD countries. We show that cognitive skills can account for growth differences within the OECD, whereas a range of …
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This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical link between education and growth in the growth process of Asian … countries. Particular attention is paid to the link between education and productivity, and to models that characterize key … features of growth processes of Asian countries. Empirical studies show that these key features include liability to falling …
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about the evolution and dynamics of output growth? Largely, no. Second, the existence and magnitude of output externalities …
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This study addresses the macroeconomic effect of foreign aid on the factors of growth. Specifically, we examine the … approach evaluates the effect of disaggregate aid (aid for infrastructure and aid for education) on capital investment. To test …. Concerning the impacts of aid on human capital, we find that aid enhances enrolment in primary education. We also note that there …
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This chapter explores the effects of education on nonmarket outcomes from both theoretical and empirical perspectives …. Examples of outcomes considered include general consumption patterns at a moment in time, savings and the rate of growth of …-being reflected by their health and cognitive development. They are distinguished from the labor market outcomes of education in terms …
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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