Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries

Volume: 106, Issue: 2, Pages: 407 - 443
Published: May 1, 1991
Abstract
For 98 countries in the period 1960–1985, the growth rate of real per capita GDP is positively related to initial human capital (proxied by 1960 school-enrollment rates) and negatively related to the initial (1960) level of real per capita GDP. Countries with higher human capital also have lower fertility rates and higher ratios of physical investment to GDP. Growth is inversely related to the share of government consumption in GDP, but...
Paper Details
Title
Economic Growth in a Cross Section of Countries
Published Date
May 1, 1991
Volume
106
Issue
2
Pages
407 - 443
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