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New Evidence on the effect of human capital on economic growth

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  • Abbas Grammy
  • Djeto Assane

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We improve results of the Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) augmented neoclassical growth model by considering broader measures of human capital. Compared with the MRW results, our approach increases the explanatory power of the model and the speed of conditional income convergence.

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  • Abbas Grammy & Djeto Assane, 1997. "New Evidence on the effect of human capital on economic growth," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(2), pages 121-124.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:4:y:1997:i:2:p:121-124
    DOI: 10.1080/758526709
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