1. QUALITY-ADJUSTED HUMAN CAPITAL AND PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH.
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RABIUL ISLAM, MD., ANG, JAMES B., and MADSEN, JAKOB B.
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HUMAN capital , *GROSS domestic product , *FOREIGN investments , *EDUCATIONAL attainment , *DISEASES , *EDUCATIONAL quality , *ECONOMIC development - Abstract
This article examines the influence of quality-adjusted educational attainment on growth and tests whether it facilitates the transfer of technology developed at the frontier for a panel of 60 countries. Using outcomes of pathogen stress as instruments, the results show that quality-adjusted educational attainment and its interaction with distance to the frontier play important roles for growth. (JEL I20, O30, O40 ) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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