Human Capital and Economic Growth in Egypt

Merna Hefnawi () and Hebatallah Ghoneim

No 10112451, Proceedings of Business and Management Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The role that human capital plays in the economic growth of the countries has been an ongoing debate through the last two decades and has shown various empirical results over this period. This study aims is to analyze and investigate the magnitude of relationship between human capital and the economic growth in Egypt since the Egyptian population has exceeded 96 million which shows that human capital is one of the most important resources Egypt has. This raises an important question which is; how this high population can contribute in the economic development of the Egyptian economic system and achieve the desired economic growth?. To investigate this question, two models are examined; a macroeconomics model in addition to a microeconomics model. The results of this study help evaluating the government education and health expenditure policies, giving recommendations for successful social policies, and providing a direction for the needed investments in Egypt.

Keywords: Economic Development; Economic Growth; Education; Egypt; Experience; Health; Human Capital Earnings Model; Human Capital; Income Distribution; Solow Growth Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D04 I25 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2020-02
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 11th Business & Management Conference, Dubai, Feb 2020, pages 49-66

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