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:	2010
Authors:	Razzak, W. A. ; Timmins, J.
Published in:	Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 17.2010, 2, p. 169-173
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis Journals

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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