The neoclassical growth model was extended by Mankiw, Romer and Weil (1992) to estimate the level effects of additional factors like human capital. We suggest a further extension to capture their permanent growth effects. Time series data from Fiji are used to show that the growth effect of...

This article deals with the importance of identifying individuals with High Skills / Giftedness and the current scenario of this area in Brazil. The gifted form a segment that is poorly understood and, in the vast majority of cases, neglected in the educational systems of Brazil. Adequate...

This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave exports from Africa. We test a hypothesis that countries which were endowed with higher levels of cognitive ability were more likely to experience lower levels of slave exports from Africa probably due to comparatively...