The main policy implication that emerges from this study is that subsidised education without at the same time provision for the creation of growth-enhancing jobs can be good for the individual but bad for growth (and presumably public finances). There is evidence of very high private returns to...

Die Herausgeber wollen mit diesem Band ein Neu-Denken von auf Wachstum basierenden Wirtschaftsformen und damit einhergehenden Gesellschaftsformen anregen, mögliche Alternativen zu traditionellen Wachstumsdebatten aufzeigen und neue Formen der Organisation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft zur...

We define foundational competitiveness as the expected level of output per working-age individual that is supported by the overall quality of a country as a place to do business. The focus on output per potential worker, a broader measure of national productivity than output per current worker,...