Education and labour productivity in New Zealand

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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Year of publication:	2007-02-21
Authors:	Razzak, Weshah ; Timmins, Jason
Institutions:	Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Subject:	Labour productivity \| education qualification \| R&D

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	MPRA Paper.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Classification:	D20 - Production and Organizations. General ; J08 - Labor Economics Policies ; C23 - Models with Panel Data
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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