Economic Growth, Changing Occupational Structure and Higher Education

Will more higher education improve economic growth?

Calls for expanded university education are frequently based on arguments that more graduates will lead to faster growth. Empirical analysis does not, however, support this general proposition. Differences in cognitive skills—the knowledge capital of countries—can explain most of the differences in growth rates across countries, but just adding more years of schooling without increasing cogniti...

Age Structure, Education and Economic Growth

The effect of changes in age structure on economic growth has been widely studied in the demography and population economics literature. The beneficial effect of changes in age structure after a decrease in fertility has become known as the demographic dividend. In this paper we first present the motivation for also explicitly addressing changes in education in addition to and age structure and...

The Effects of Public and Higher Education on the Economic Growth in Iran

The Effects of Public and Higher Education on the Economic Growth in Iran A. Naaderi, Ph.D. Assessing the effects of educational investments on economic growth is of special interest to both scholars and policy makers, yet the research findings in this area, especially in countries like Iran, do not provide the necessary platform for decision making. The present study not only assesse...

Higher Education and Economic Growth in China by

Changing Minds in Higher Education

A paradigm shift is taking hold in American higher education. In its briefest form, the paradigm that has governed our colleges is this: A college is an institution that exists to provide instruction. Subtly but profoundly we are shifting to a new paradigm: A college is an institution that exists to produce learning. This shift changes everything. It is both needed and wanted. (Barr and Tagg 19...