Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth

I use a dynamic augmented Solow model to estimate the effects of students’ test scores and investment in schooling on economic growth rates in 49 countries during 1985-2005. In the complete data set, either average test scores or investment in schooling explain economic growth rates, and more of eit...

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Autores:
Breton, Theodore R.
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Fecha de publicación:
2013
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Universidad EAFIT
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eng
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Education Expenditures
Human Capital
Test Scores
Economic Growth
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dc.title.eng.fl_str_mv Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
title Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
spellingShingle Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
Education Expenditures
Human Capital
Test Scores
Economic Growth
title_short Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
title_full Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
title_fullStr Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
title_full_unstemmed Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
title_sort Higher Test Scores or More Schooling? Another Look at the Causes of Economic Growth
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Breton, Theodore R.
dc.contributor.eafitauthor.none.fl_str_mv ted.breton@gmail.com
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Breton, Theodore R.
dc.subject.keyword.eng.fl_str_mv Education Expenditures
Human Capital
Test Scores
Economic Growth
topic Education Expenditures
Human Capital
Test Scores
Economic Growth
description I use a dynamic augmented Solow model to estimate the effects of students’ test scores and investment in schooling on economic growth rates in 49 countries during 1985-2005. In the complete data set, either average test scores or investment in schooling explain economic growth rates, and more of either causes growth. Further analysis reveals that higher test scores only raised growth rates in countries with low average levels of schooling. In countries with more than 7.5 years of schooling attainment in 1985, more investment in schooling raised growth rates, but higher average test scores did not.
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