Human capital and economic growth: secondary school or higher school?

• Main Authors: N., Shalini, Abdul Hamid, Baharom, Kaur, Harpaljit, Habibullah, Muzafar Shah, Mohd Yunus, Rossita
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51194/1/1-GSNRIC2012_66.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51194/

This study investigates the linkages between economic growth and human capital. It employs the dynamic panel system GMM estimators, focusing on secondary school and higher school education as the proxy for human capital. The data was averaged to 7 points based on a sample of 62 countries spanning fr...