The Benefits and Costs of Alternative Strategies to Combat Illiteracy

Peter Orazem

No 18218, Working Papers from Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and the returns to those investments in developing countries. It then examines recent evidence regarding which policies can induce increased human capital investments in the most efficient manner, using estimated benefits and costs as a guide.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18218

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