Human Capital and Economic Growth: Cross‐Section Evidence for OECD Countries

Engelbrecht, Hans‐Jürgen

doi:10.1111/1475-4932.00090

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“…It has been suggested in the literature Spiegel, 2002 andEngelbrecht, 2003) that the level of schooling in 1960 may not adequately reflect the amount of human capital available for innovation over the period 1960-2000, since a significant number of countries experienced rapid schooling growth in the 1960s and 1970s. We therefore estimate the model in equation (9) In Column (1) of Table 3 we present estimates of the standard Nelson-Phelps model using the average years of schooling in 1960 as a measure of the human capital stock.…”

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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis Using TFP

Abreu

Groot²,

Florax

et al. 2004

SSRN Journal

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In this paper we employ techniques developed in spatial econometrics to analyse spatial patterns of technology diffusion, to detect clusters and to estimate theoretical models that incorporate space explicitly. These techniques correct for misspecifications resulting from the omission of spatial linkages in standard empirical models of economic growth. Our dataset consists of TFP estimates for 73 countries over the period 1960-2000, and we find that TFP growth rates and levels are positively autocorrelated over space, meaning that high or low values tend to be clustered. We also find that TFP levels are becoming more clustered over time, suggesting the possibility that technology levels are converging locally. Estimation of spatial versions of the Nelson and Phelps (1966) model shows that the impact of being located close to a country with high TFP growth rates is positive and substantial.

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Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis Using TFP

Abreu

Groot²,

Florax

et al. 2004

SSRN Journal

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“…Nelson and Phelps (1966) argue that the stock of human capital affects output growth (or per capita output growth) because it affects the adoption and the absorption of new technologies so one can have a product term. Engelbrecht (2002Engelbrecht ( , 2003 tested this hypothesis for many countries and found some evidence for it.…”

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Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research & development?

Johnson¹,

Razzak²,

Stillman³

2007

Applied Economics

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We use panel data for nine industries to evaluate research and development (R&D) investments in New Zealand over the past forty years. We estimate the impact of R&D stocks in a particular industry on output per person in that industry and on output per person in the rest of the economy. We examine both public and private R&D investments. Privately provided R&D has a statistically significant positive impact on own-industry output per person, suggesting it increases productivity. However, publicly provided R&D has no impact on own-industry output per person. There is also evidence that private R&D in certain industries positively affects output per person in the rest of the economy, i.e. it generates positive spillovers. There is no evidence of positive spillovers from publicly provided R&D. JEL O11, O47, C13

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“…This is argued by a number of researchers, in particular: Friedman (1955); Akerlof and Kranton (2002), Chapman and Greenway (2006), Stromquist (2002), Barro (1991), Englebrecht (2003), Lang (1994), Ryan (2001), Kruger, and Lindahj (2001) and others. It should be noted that the education policy developed and exercised by countries have different implications in developed and developing countries.…”

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Systemic effects of international educational and scientific links. Proposals for the development of educational and scientific national system in Georgia

Gagnidze

Maisuradze

2016

IJMABS

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Abstract:The present paper describes the international educational and scientific links of Georgia. These links promote the development of long-term and close relationship between countries. After the collapse of the Soviet system, Georgia became a transition economy country and the country gained the possibility to widen its educational and scientific links. Reforms are carried out in different directions, including the system of science and education. However, scientific study of the current reforms is presented only as separate evaluations, which, from our point of view, is not sufficient for achieving long-term effective results. By presenting educational and scientific links in the paper jointly, we have developed a model, which shows possible systemic synergistic effects of these links. Such systemic approach is directly connected to the innovative development of the country.

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Human Capital and Economic Growth: Cross‐Section Evidence for OECD Countries

Cited by 65 publications

References 32 publications

Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis Using TFP

Spatial Patterns of Technology Diffusion: An Empirical Analysis Using TFP

Has New Zealand benefited from its investments in research & development?

Systemic effects of international educational and scientific links. Proposals for the development of educational and scientific national system in Georgia

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