misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial linkages in standard empirical models of economic growth. Our dataset consists … of TFP estimates for 73 countries over the period 1960-2000, and we find that TFP growth rates and levels are positively … the Nelson and Phelps (1966) model shows that the impact of being located close to a country with high TFP growth rates is …

education and language. When the EU made the borderlines between European countries less visible, the language boundary remained … "communication EU" as well as the "competency EU". Belonging should be reinforced by aiming the content of education at underlining … mobility should be increased by more transparency on the value added in learning in Higher Education in different EU countries …

Maddison's international panel data show that technically it was the faster growth rate of the US economy that led to …

aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where "human capital" is the engine of … growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best thought of as a stock of embodied and disembodied knowledge … comprising education, information, entrepreneurship, and productive and innovative skills, which is formed through investments in …

in the 20th century in both aggregate and per capita GDP as a case study of recent models of endogenous growth, where … "human capital" is the engine of growth. By human capital we mean an intangible asset, best thought of as a stock of embodied … and disembodied knowledge comprising education, information, entrepreneurship, and productive and innovative skills, which …

. 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 …

This paper addresses the impact of demographic and educational factors on economic growth. First an overview of the … are analyzed using a modified growth model featuring overlapping generations. It is shown that societies facing a … demographic shock basically have two options. They either accept the growth-decreasing impact of a reduced supply of skilled …

of the region in the light of the theories of economic growth and human capital and their empirical tests. It concludes … growth potential derived from the region's favourable endowment with human capital and implementing growth-enhancing economic …

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 …