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Education and labour productivity in New Zealand

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  • Razzak, Weshah
  • Timmins, Jason

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We estimate the effect of four types of education qualifications, as a proxy for human capital and skill levels, on GDP per capita, and compute the average percentage returns. We also test the effect of the product of each proxy of human capital with R&D on GDP per capita. We find that only university qualification and its product with R&D to have a positive effect on the average economy-wide productivity.

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  • Razzak, Weshah & Timmins, Jason, 2007. "Education and labour productivity in New Zealand," MPRA Paper 1880, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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    Labour productivity; education qualification; R&D;
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    JEL classification:

    • D20 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - General
    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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