'Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking human capital formation bears consequences on an economy wide level, since education contributes to labor productivity. We examine the impact of increased school enrollment with regard to economic growth and income inequality. A dynamic computable general equilibrium (DCGE) model applying a 2000 SAM for Tanzania is used to evaluate the quantitative long-term effects of increased school attendance on overall economic growth and welfare. In order to get an insight in how a potential skill upgrade would affect the economy, we simulate a government program that aims at increasing primary school enrollment. We find that an increase in human capi...
A recent theoretical and empirical literature has recognized the im-portance of growth-promoting pol...
We study the relationship between human capital and growth using a model which encompasses previous ...
Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giv...
Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking...
There are 774 million people in the world today who are illiterate, two thirds of those people are w...
MCom (Economics), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe importance of human capital, as a k...
1 online resource (28 pages)Includes abstract and appendix.Includes bibliographical references (page...
In developing countries, rising incomes, increased demand for more skilled labor, and government inv...
This paper focuses on the impact of investment in education on economic growth in Mauritius. It is a...
This chapter reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and ...
This article proposes a convex dynamized general equilibrium model with endogenous growth due to hum...
AbstractThis paper studies the effects of human capital on economic sustainability. Education is one...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether an increase in the level of human capital and r...
The paper analyses the relationship between the popular Barro and Lee (2001) ‘Average years of Schoo...
We propose, in this paper, a novel approach to modelling education and human capital formation in a...
A recent theoretical and empirical literature has recognized the im-portance of growth-promoting pol...
We study the relationship between human capital and growth using a model which encompasses previous ...
Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giv...
Failure to accumulate human capital is one of the pressing problems of developing countries. Lacking...
There are 774 million people in the world today who are illiterate, two thirds of those people are w...
MCom (Economics), North-West University, Potchefstroom CampusThe importance of human capital, as a k...
1 online resource (28 pages)Includes abstract and appendix.Includes bibliographical references (page...
In developing countries, rising incomes, increased demand for more skilled labor, and government inv...
This paper focuses on the impact of investment in education on economic growth in Mauritius. It is a...
This chapter reviews the stylized facts regarding the distribution of human capital investments and ...
This article proposes a convex dynamized general equilibrium model with endogenous growth due to hum...
AbstractThis paper studies the effects of human capital on economic sustainability. Education is one...
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether an increase in the level of human capital and r...
The paper analyses the relationship between the popular Barro and Lee (2001) ‘Average years of Schoo...
We propose, in this paper, a novel approach to modelling education and human capital formation in a...
A recent theoretical and empirical literature has recognized the im-portance of growth-promoting pol...
We study the relationship between human capital and growth using a model which encompasses previous ...
Transition economies have an initial condition of high human capital relative to GDP per capita, giv...