The effects of human capital composition on technological convergence

This paper empirically investigates whether the contribution of human capital to productivity growth depends on the composition of human capital and proximity to the technology frontier in a panel of 87 sample countries over the period 1970–2004. It tests the hypothesis that primary and secondary ed...

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Volume:	33
Main Author:	Ang, James B Madsen, Jakob B Rabiul Islam, Md
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier Inc 2011 ELSEVIER Elsevier Elsevier B.V
published in:	Journal of macroeconomics Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 465 - 476
ORCID:	0000-0002-9840-8754 0000-0001-9497-0187 0000-0002-4952-3043
Data of publication:	2011
ISSN:	0164-0704 1873-152X
EISSN:	1873-152X
Discipline:	Economics
Series:	Journal of Macroeconomics
Subjects:	Innovation Human capital composition Convergence Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Human capital composition Innovation Convergence Human capital Convergence (Social sciences) Analysis Technology and civilization Innovation O40 O30 I20 Human capital composition Convergence PANEL GROWTH EDUCATION FRONTIER
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2011 Web of Knowledge Web of Science RePEc RePEc IDEAS CrossRef Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS