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Does one size fit all? The impact of cognitive skills on economic growth
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Résumé |
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This paper tests for heterogeneous effects of cognitive skills on economic growth across countries. Using a new extended dataset on cognitive skills and controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that the magnitude of the effect is about 60 per cent higher for low-income countries compared to high-income countries, and it more than doubles when low TFP countries are compared to high TFP countries. There are also marked differences across geographic regions. Using data on the share of the population with advanced and minimum skill levels, our results also indicate that high-income countries should focus on increasing the number of high skilled human capital, while countries from Sub-Saharan Africa would benefit more by investing in the development of basic skills.
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Auteur(s)
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Nadir Altinok
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, Abdurrahman Aydemir
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BETA -
Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
( 93745 )
- Université de Lorraine, UFR Droit Sciences Economiques et Gestion, 13 place Carnot CO 70026, 54035 Nancy Cedex
Université de Strasbourg, Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion, 61 avenue de la Forêt Noire 67085 Strasbourg Cedex
- France
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Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique UMR1443 ( 92114 )
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Université de Strasbourg ( 199013 )
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Université de Lorraine ( 413289 )
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR7522 ( 441569 )
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IREDU -
Institut de recherche sur l'éducation : Sociologie et Economie de l'Education
( 245758 )
- Université de Bourgogne - Pôle AAFE - Esplanade Erasme - BP 26513 - 21065 DIJON Cedex
- France
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Université de Bourgogne EA7318 ( 300270 )
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Sabanci University [Istanbul]
( 474045 )
- Sabancı University. Orta Mahalle, Tuzla 34956 İstanbul
- Turquie
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Education
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Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
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H - Public Economics/H.H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I25 - Education and Economic Development
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N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N37 - Africa • Oceania
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O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O1 - Economic Development
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Mots-clés |
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Education, Development, Africa, Cognitive Skills, Growth, Heterogeneity.
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