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Money counts, but so does timing : public investment and adult competencies
Cathles, Alison; Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2017
Numeracy skills of adults within and across 12 different countries in 2011 are strongly associated with the accumulated public investments in education received by these adults during their schooling. This paper confirms existing evidence that the timing of educational investments is important,...
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Corruption as a Major Challenge of Human Capital Development in Nigeria
Chiekezie, Obianuju; Nzewi, Hope; Emejulu, Ifeyinwa - 2016
The study focused on corruption as a major challenge in the attainment of human capital development in Nigeria. The … challenge of human capital development in Nigeria. Corruption retards human development and consequently leads to unrealistic … well as intensifying the activities of government agencies was also recommended. Nigeria must put in place the right …
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The role of human capital resources in East African economies
Urgaia, Worku R. - 2018
This study deals with the role of human capital resources in economic growth. In economic growth, human capital is an important stock component that can affect the gross national income GNI more than gross domestic product GDP since GNI comprises the GDP itself and other income resources...
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‘Make in India’ Strategy of Manufacturing Led Growth : A Comparison with the East Asian Model of Development with Emphasis on Human Capital Formation and Labour Market Flexibility
Kapoor, Neha - 2015
The structural transformation of the Indian economy from agriculture (primary sector) dominated to one led by the services sector (tertiary sector), bypassing the intermediate stage of manufacturing (secondary sector) led growth, offers an alternative to conventional theories of economic...
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Effects of corruption and informality on economic growth through productivity
Bermúdez, Pedro; Verástegui, Luis; Nolazco, José Luis; … - In: Economies : open access journal 12 (2024) 10, pp. 1-22
Corruption and informality are issues which have attracted a great amount of empirical research, since they are variables that can affect economic development in various and complex ways, with direct and indirect effects on economic growth. In this context, the objective of this investigation is...
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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...
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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288586
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Modelling the flow of knowledge and human capital : a framework of innovative capital
Kancs, D'Artis; Ciaian, Pavel - 2011
Recently, the EU Council adopted a new labour migration policy instrument - the EU Blue Cards (BC) - for attracting the highly skilled workers to the EU. The present paper examines the potential impacts, which BC may cause on less developed sending countries (LDC). Our results suggest that the...
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Human capital and economic growth : how strong is the Nexus?
Škare, Marinko; Lacmanović, Sabina - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 18 (2016) 43, pp. 612-633
The link between human capital and economic growth still remains unexplained because of the measurement issues connected to the human capital stock. This study investigates the link between human capital stock and economic growth using inclusive wealth index and ratio of engage d to actively...
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An empirical study of the effects of demographic factors on economic growth in advanced and developing countries
Kozlovskyi, Serhii; Pasichnyi, Mykola; Lavrov, Ruslan; … - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 45-67
In this article, an updated approach to investigate the effects of demographic fac- tors on economic growth is proposed. The initial hypothesis was that these factors significantly affected production proportions, determining development vectors. The predictable shifts in production dynamics are...
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