The Economic Return to Education

B. Walsh

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Abstract: In my contribution to this Symposium I wish to explore two main themes. The first deals with the contribution of education to economic growth at the macro level. In this part I shall discuss the evidence of the importance of eduaction - or human capital formation - as a determinant of the cross-country differences in living standards and rates of economic growth. The second topic I wish to develop is the measurement of the return to education at the level of theindividual. In my review of both themes I shall refer to the policy implications and show how Ireland relates to the international experience.

Keywords: EDUCATION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GOVERNMENT POLICY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 1998
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