The knowledge capital of nations : education and the economics of growth /
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| Author / Creator: | Hanushek, Eric A. (Eric Alan), 1943- author. |
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| 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 |
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
