change the international and national distribution of skills and thereby equality in the receiving society. This paper …

MENA countries. To answer the question: whether either human capital or openness can be shown to cause productivity, we use … show a significant impact of openness on productivity growth. We find also an effect, significant at the ten per cent level …, of the level of human capital on the level of income but no effect on underlying productivity growth. Our preferred …

plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of …

productivity, wages and exports spillovers in developing, developed and transitional economies. Although theory can identify a …Governments the world over offer significant inducements to attract inward investment, motivated by the expectation of …

capital, and infrastructure capital; the infusion of new technology and its regional spread; and market reforms, with a major … accelerated. We find that human capital positively affects output per worker and productivity growth. In particular, in terms of … infrastructure capital on regional inequality. We conclude that investing in human capital will be an effective policy to reduce …