Threshold effects of human capital: Schooling and economic growth

The Role of Agriculture and Human Capital in Economic Growth: Farmers, Schooling, and Health

Investigating the Effects of Institutional Quality and Human Capital On Economic Growth (Case Study of Developing and Developed Countries)

The main challenge of developing countries is to achieve growth and development. The extant economic growth literature illustrates that the quality of institutions and social infrastructure are important factors that influence the economic growth and development. Accordingly, many analysts believe that regarding such institutional factors, the rule of law is one of the most prominent aspects ne...

Commentary: Human Capital and Economic Growth

Most of us in this room-I dare say most adult Americans-were challenged as children to "make something of ourselves," specifically to "get an education." The fervor of the plea in my own case may have been a bit unusual-you see, unlike Senator Joe Biden, I am the first in my immediate family to get a college education. But I doubt very many haven't heard somewhere along the way the clarion call...

Network effects in a human capital based economic growth model

We revisit a recently introduced agent model [ACS 11, 99 (2008)], where economic growth is a consequence of education (human capital formation) and innovation, and investigate the influence of the agents’ social network, both on an agent’s decision to pursue education and on the output of new ideas. Regular and random networks are considered. The results are compared with the predictions of a m...

Long-run Economic Growth and Human Capital

Economic growth is usually viewed from a short-term perspective but it is long-term growth that has been the basis of wealth and power for nation states throughout history. It is the basis also of the additional jobs and higher living standards that we all desire today. Most economists are happy enough, I think, to be labelled ‘pro-growth’. They do argue, however, about the priority to be attac...