QUALITY‐ADJUSTED HUMAN CAPITAL AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH |
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Authors: | MD. RABIUL ISLAM JAMES B. ANG JAKOB B. MADSEN |
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Affiliation: | 1. Islam: Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia. Phone +613 92517818, E‐mail rabi.islam@deakin.edu.au;2. Ang: Associate Professor, Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637332. Phone +65 65927534, Fax +65 67946303, E‐mail james.ang@ntu.edu.sg |
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Abstract: | This article examines the influence of quality‐adjusted educational attainment on growth and tests whether it facilitates the transfer of technology developed at the frontier for a panel of 60 countries. Using outcomes of pathogen stress as instruments, the results show that quality‐adjusted educational attainment and its interaction with distance to the frontier play important roles for growth. (JEL I20, O30, O40) |
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