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Does Schooling Cause Growth?

Bils, Mark, Klenow, Peter J·2000·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.90.5.1160
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A number of economists find that growth and schooling are highly correlated across countries. A model is examined in which the ability to build on the human capital of one's elders plays an important role in linking growth to schooling. The model is calibrated to quantify the strength of the effect of schooling on growth by using evidence from the labor literature on Mincerian returns to education. The upshot is that the impact of schooling on growth explains less than one-third of the empirical cross-country relationship. The ability of reverse causality to explain this empirical relationship is also investigated. (JEL I2, J24, O4)

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Authors
Bils, M., & Klenow, P. J.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2000-12-01
Volume
90
Issue
5
Pages
1160-1183
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.90.5.1160
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W2009253510
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1,799
References
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125.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
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