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Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth

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  • Ahsan, Humna
  • Haque, M. Emranul

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Empirical growth studies have often found average years of schooling to be unrelated with economic growth. This note shows that the significant positive effect of schooling can only be realized after an economy crosses a threshold level of development.

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  • Ahsan, Humna & Haque, M. Emranul, 2017. "Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 48-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:156:y:2017:i:c:p:48-52
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.014
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    Keywords

    Human capital; Schooling; Dynamic threshold model; Panel data analysis; Growth;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General

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