| Title: |
Key Words: Education, growth and education, economic growth |
| Authors: |
Hanane Ahmed; Jel-code I |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://www.ser.tcu.edu/2008/ser2008 hassan ahmed 175-190.pdf. |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Description: |
Thinking education could boost their economic well-being, many Sub-Saharan nations (and International organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations) have devoted a substantial portion of their government funds towards education. Despite the huge sums of government funds allocated to education, these countries still languish in their ability to catch up with the rest of the world. In the professional literature, there is a lack of empirical consensus about the impact of education on economic growth. That is, several studies have indicated a lack of positive association between economic growth and the rate of growth of education (human capital) measured using alternative methods. This lack of consensus applies to Sub-Saharan Africa as well. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that education has a positive impact on growth but with significant country variation. Using cross-section panel data regression, we find positive correlations between growth and various definitions of human capital. |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.578.3971 |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.578.3971; http://www.ser.tcu.edu/2008/ser2008 hassan ahmed 175-190.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EB726851 |
| Database: |
BASE |