Increases in human capital and growth: new data, more conclusive results

Theodore Breton ()

No 10571, Documentos de Trabajo de Valor Público from Universidad EAFIT

Abstract: Using a new data set for human capital/adult, I show that changes in human capital cause economic growth in 56 countries over the 1985 to 2005 period. I show that these results are superior to results using average schooling attainment.

Keywords: Human Capital; Education; Economic Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E13 I25 O15 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 2012-08-07
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