IQ and the Economic Growth of U.S. States
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چکیده
In the cross-country literature, cognitive skills are robust predictors of economic growth. We investigate claims by psychologists that the same is true at the state level. In a variety of specifications using four proxies for average state IQ used in the psychology literature, little evidence is found for a robust IQ-growth relationship at the state level. We would like to acknowledge helpful comments on an earlier version of this paper from Josh Hall, Michael McDaniel, Russ Sobel, and Erich Weede. We would also like to thank session participants at the 2011 meetings of the Midwest Economics Association and the Association of Private Enterprise Education for their comments and suggestions. The authors retain all responsibility for errors and omissions.
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