The knowledge capital of nations : education and the economics of growth /

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Author / Creator:Hanushek, Eric A. (Eric Alan), 1943- author.
Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2015]
Description:xii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:CESifo book series
CESifo book series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10169200
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Other authors / contributors:Woessmann, Ludger, author.
ISBN:9780262029179
0262029170
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. The World as Seen from Latin America in 1960
  • 1.2. The Focus on Growth
  • 1.3. Outline of the Book
  • Appendix 1A. Regional Education, Income, and Growth Statistics
  • 2. A Structure for Understanding Growth
  • 2.1. A Conceptual Framework for Knowledge and Growth
  • 2.2. A Canonical Growth Model with School Attainment
  • 2.3. An Extended View of the Measurement of Human Capital
  • 2.4. Measuring Knowledge
  • 2.5. Conclusions on Human Capital and Growth
  • Appendix 2A. Methodology of Data Construction
  • Appendix 2B. Country-Level School Quality and Mincer Returns
  • 3. Knowledge Capital and Growth: The Main Results
  • 3.1. Stylized Facts about Knowledge Capital and Growth
  • 3.2. Institutions, Knowledge Capital, and Growth
  • 3.3. Rocket Scientists or Basic Education for All?
  • 3.4. Conclusions on the Empirical Relevance of Knowledge Capital
  • Appendix 3A. Alternative Data and Expansion of Growth Period
  • Appendix 3B. Relevance of Sample Selectivity
  • Appendix 3C. IQ Models
  • Appendix 3D. Basic Descriptive Statistics
  • 4. Causation
  • 4.1. Variations in Cognitive Skills Driven by School Institutions
  • 4.2. Skill Improvement and Improved Growth
  • 4.3. Micro Evidence from US Immigrants
  • 4.4. Accounting for Levels of Development across Countries
  • 4.5. Conclusions on Causality
  • Appendix 4A. Descriptive Statistics for Causation Analyses
  • 5. Developing Countries
  • 5.1. Where Does the Developing World Stand?
  • 5.2. The Latin American Growth Puzzle Resolved
  • 5.3. The East Asian Miracle Demystified
  • 5.4. Conclusions on the Developing Country Challenge
  • Appendix 5A. Descriptive Statistics for Latin America
  • 6. Developed Countries
  • 6.1. Basic Growth Models for OECD Countries
  • 6.2. Regulatory Environments and Growth among Rich Countries
  • 6.3. Different Levels of Skills and Education
  • 6.4. Conclusions on Growth among Rich Countries
  • 7. The Economic Value of Educational Reform
  • 7.1. Projecting the Economic Benefits of Reform
  • 7.2. Baseline Reform Projections
  • 7.3. An Alternative Neoclassical Growth Framework
  • 7.4. Sensitivity to Alternative Parameter Choices
  • 7.5. Conclusions on the Benefits and Costs of Educational Reform
  • Appendix 7A. Technical Details of Reform Projections
  • Appendix 7B. Sensitivity of Economic Projections
  • 8. Policies to Improve Knowledge Capital
  • 8.1. Resource and Input Policies
  • 8.2. Generalizing from Existing Evidence
  • 8.3. Teacher Quality
  • 8.4. Focusing Institutions and Incentives on Knowledge Outcomes
  • 8.5. Equity in Knowledge Acquisition
  • 8.6. Conclusions on Improving Knowledge Capital
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index