The Quality vs. the Quantity of Schooling: What Drives Economic Growth?

This paper challenges Hanushek and Woessmann’s [2008] contention that the quality and not the quantity of schooling determines a nation’s rate of economic growth. I first show that their statistical analysis is flawed. I then show that when a nation’s average test scores and average schooling attain...

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Autores:
Breton, Theodore R.
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Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/2438
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10784/2438
Palabra clave:
Cognitive Skills
Human Capital
Education
Schooling
Economic Growth
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