New evidence on the role of cognitive skill in economic development

Márcio Laurini and Eduardo de Carvalho Andrade

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 123-126

Abstract: This paper presents new evidence on the role of cognitive skills in promoting economic growth rate, using a within country dataset (Brazilian municipalities’ dataset) and nonparametric kernel regression estimation with mixed data.

Keywords: Cognitive skill; Human capital; Nonparametric kernel regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 O12 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2011.11.047

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