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Measurement error in education and growth regressions
Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob; Teulings, Coen N. - 2005
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335189
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Education, economic growth and measured income inequality
Rehme, Günther - 2006
In this paper education simultaneously affects growth and income inequality. More education does not necessarily … decrease inequality when the latter is assessed by the Lorenz dominance criterion. Increases in education first increase and … information on the nonlinear relationship between growth and education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266863
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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob J. M.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2006
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270563
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A model of human capital, time discounting and economic growth
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2008
development regimes and it illustrates wider role of education in tackling possible development traps. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322280
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A model of human capital, time discounting and economic growth
Bauer, Michal (contributor); Chytilová, Julie (contributor) - 2008
development regimes and it illustrates wider role of education in tackling possible development traps. -- growth ; human capital … ; education ; time discounting ; discount rate ; poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755176
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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions
Portela, Miguel - 2008
The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012774497
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A note on economic growth and human capital in Eastern Europe
Foders, Federico - 1998
This paper addresses the poor economic performance of Eastern Europe in the 1990s and the future development potential of the region in the light of the theories of economic growth and human capital and their empirical tests. It concludes that Eastern Europe is likely to have fallen into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265698
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The role of school improvement in economic development
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274157
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Do better schools lead to more growth?: cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274159
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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274163