Productivity effects of higher education human capital in selected countries of Sub-Saharan Africa
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total factor productivity; Sub-Saharan Africa; human capital; higher education output; higher education enrolment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
- I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
- I29 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Other
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