A review of the measures of the stock of human capital used in empirical growth research reveals that human capital is …, misspecifies the relationship between education and the stock of human capital. Based on human capital theory, the specification of … human capital should be extended to allow for decreasing returns to education and for differences in the quality of a year …

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth …-country distribution. Extensive sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across … specifications, time periods, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive …

. The quantity and quality are jointly set by a government agency wishing to maximize the quality of basic education per … stages of education: basic and advanced (college), the latter being required of teachers. The cost of hiring teachers is … strengthens in the process of endogenous growth and moreover that it pushes the optimal trade-off between quantity and quality of …

We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect … sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across specifications, time periods …, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive skills when …

economic institutions and quantitative measures of tertiary education cannot. Under the growth model estimates and plausible …. -- education ; growth ; OECD ; cognitive skills ; projection …Existing growth research provides little explanation for the very large differences in long-run growth performance …

We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect … sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across specifications, time periods …, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive skills when …

A review of the measures of the stock of human capital used in empirical growth research reveals that human capital is …, misspecifies the relationship between education and the stock of human capital. Based on human capital theory, the specification of … human capital should be extended to allow for decreasing returns to education and for differences in the quality of a year …

program led to an increase in education among individuals who were young enough to attend primary school after 1974, but not …

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth …-country distribution. Extensive sensitivity analyses of cross-country growth regressions generate remarkably stable results across … specifications, time periods, and country samples. In addressing causality, we find, first, significant growth effects of cognitive …