Delgado, Michael S.; Henderson, Daniel J.; Parmeter, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Empirical growth regressions typically include mean years of schooling as a proxy for human capital. However, empirical … a rigorous and systematic search for significance of mean years of schooling by examining five of the most comprehensive … growth, our results suggest that mean years of schooling is not a statistically relevant variable in growth regressions …