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Akinwale, Yusuf Opeyemi – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2022
Technology innovation and human capital are without doubt contributory factors to economic growth. However, not many of such studies have been conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study assessed the triangular association between human capital, technology innovation and economic growth in South Africa over the period 1985-2015. The study used…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Relationship
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Dasci Sonmez, Elif; Cemaloglu, Necati – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Purpose: Studies of human capital and economic growth were initially focused on labour and physical capital, but it was later recognised that factors such as education, health, and technology also affected this relationship. The present study aims to examine the effects of education, health, and innovation/technology, as the components of human…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Education, Health
Valero, Anna – Centre for Economic Performance, 2021
This paper summarises the literature that has linked education and economic growth. It begins with an overview of the key concepts in neoclassical and endogenous growth models, and discussion on how these have been tested in the data. Issues with respect to specification, the measurement of human capital and causality are discussed, together with…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Human Capital, Educational Attainment, Productivity
Dittmar, Jeremiah; Meisenzahl, Ralf R. – Centre for Economic Performance, 2022
We examine the role of universities in knowledge production and industrial change using historical evidence. Political shocks led to a profound pro-science shift in German universities around 1800. To study the consequences, we construct novel microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing developed similarly in cities closer to and farther…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Scientific Attitudes