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Global trends in numeracy 1820-1949 and its implications for long-run growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2008
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264304
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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth
Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021
This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316581
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Improving the quality and efficiency of education and training in Costa Rica to better support growth and equity
Maravalle, Alessandro - 2023
Education and training are a high priority for Costa Rica that devotes to them more than 6.5% of GDP, one of the highest spending shares among OECD countries. However, educational outcomes remain poor and firms struggle to fill their vacancies, particularly in technical and scientific positions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324643
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Literacy, Education and Economic Development in Contemporary China
Yeoh 楊又興, Emile Kok-Kheng; Chu, Kah-Mun - 2013
Literacy has been conceptualized traditionally as having a major role in developing a nation. Literacy helps to spread … awareness among the people of their rights. People with good literacy skills enjoy a higher standard of living, have better … literacy rate is more likely to attract a large pool of investors and entrepreneurs as well as the inflow of money which in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014161503
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Market Potential and City Growth : Spain 1860-1960
González-Val, Rafael; Tirado, Daniel A.; … - 2014
A few attempts have been made to analyse whether market potential might also have an impact on urban structures. In this paper we employ parametric and non-parametric techniques to analyse the effect of market potential on the growth of Spanish cities during the period 1860-1960. This period is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014152712
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La fuente de la riqueza : educación y desarrollo económico en la España contemporánea
Núñez, Clara-Eugenia - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000874238
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Effects of Human Development Indexes (HDIs) on Economic Growth in MENA Countries : An Emphasis on Education and Literacy Indexes
Sharifi-Renani, Hosein; Mirfatah, Maryam; Honarvar, Naghmeh - 2014
process. The result of this experiment survey is human development indexes special education and literacy indexed to economic … results of this estimate show that literacy and education indexes have meaningful and positive effect on economic growth. The …
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Estimating the long-term economic impacts of the Spanish universities on the national economy
Pastor, José Manuel; Peraita, Carlos; Pérez García, … - 2015
period 1989-2010. These effects are quantitative important and their impact on GDP of Spain is non-negligible. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475812
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Human capital, economic growth, and inequality in China
Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - 2012
China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled labor acquired before economic reforms began. As development proceeded, the demand for high skilled labor has grown, and, in the past decade, China has made substantial...
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many developing countries in recent decades. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009534168