Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth

Humna Ahsan; M. Emranul Haque

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.014

Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth

Humna Ahsan, M. Emranul Haque

Economics

Govt Forman Christian College

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	48-52
Number of pages	5
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	156
Early online date	15 Apr 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.014
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2017

Keywords

Dynamic threshold model
Growth
Human capital
Panel data analysis
Schooling

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Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth

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