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The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth

dc.contributor.author Hanushek, Eric A.
dc.contributor.author Woessmann, Ludger
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-05T18:40:42Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-05T18:40:42Z
dc.date.issued 2007-02
dc.description.abstract The role of improved schooling, a central part of most development strategies, has become controversial because expansion of school attainment has not guaranteed improved economic conditions. This paper reviews the role of education in promoting economic well-being, focusing on the role of educational quality. It concludes that there is strong evidence that the cognitive skills of the population-rather than mere school attainment-are powerfully related to individual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth. New empirical results show the importance of both minimal and high-level skills, the complementarity of skills and the quality of economic institutions, and the robustness of the relationship between skills and growth. International comparisons incorporating expanded data on cognitive skills reveal much larger skill deficits in developing countries than generally derived from just school enrollment and attainment. The magnitude of change needed makes it clear that closing the economic gap with industrial countries will require major structural changes in schooling institutions. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7351670/role-education-quality-economic-growth
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7154
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4122
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENT SCORES
dc.subject ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
dc.subject ADULT LEARNING
dc.subject ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject ADULTS
dc.subject BASIC SKILLS
dc.subject CAREER
dc.subject CIVIC PARTICIPATION
dc.subject CLASS SIZES
dc.subject COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject COGNITIVE SKILLS
dc.subject COGNITIVE TEST
dc.subject DECISION MAKING
dc.subject DROP OUT RATES
dc.subject DROPOUT RATES
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EDUCATION FOR ALL
dc.subject EDUCATION FOR ALL INITIATIVE
dc.subject EDUCATION LEVELS
dc.subject EDUCATION POLICY
dc.subject EDUCATION PROGRAMS
dc.subject EDUCATION QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject EDUCATIONAL QUANTITY
dc.subject EFFECTIVE EDUCATION
dc.subject EFFECTS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject ELEMENTS
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ENROLLMENT RATES
dc.subject FORMAL SCHOOLING
dc.subject GRADE REPETITION
dc.subject GRADUATION RATES
dc.subject HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject HIGH SCHOOLS
dc.subject HIGHER DROPOUT
dc.subject HIGHER TEST SCORES
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject IMPACT OF LITERACY
dc.subject INDEXES
dc.subject INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject LABOR FORCE
dc.subject LABOR MARKETS
dc.subject LEARNING
dc.subject LITERACY SURVEY
dc.subject LITERACY TESTS
dc.subject LITERATURE
dc.subject MATH SKILLS
dc.subject MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS
dc.subject MATHEMATICS
dc.subject NUMERACY
dc.subject OLD STUDENTS
dc.subject PAPERS
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOL
dc.subject PRIMARY SCHOOLS
dc.subject QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject QUALITY SCHOOLS
dc.subject RATES OF RETURN
dc.subject READING
dc.subject REPETITION RATES
dc.subject RESEARCHERS
dc.subject RETURNS TO EDUCATION
dc.subject SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
dc.subject SCHOOL COMPLETION
dc.subject SCHOOL DROPOUTS
dc.subject SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL FACTORS
dc.subject SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
dc.subject SCHOOL LEAVERS
dc.subject SCHOOL PERSONNEL
dc.subject SCHOOL POLICIES
dc.subject SCHOOL POLICY
dc.subject SCHOOL QUALITY
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCHOOLS
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS
dc.subject SECONDARY SCHOOLING
dc.subject SKILL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject STANDARDIZED TESTS
dc.subject STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject STUDENT OUTCOMES
dc.subject STUDENT SKILLS
dc.subject TEACHER
dc.subject TEACHER CERTIFICATION
dc.subject TEACHER EDUCATION
dc.subject TEACHER QUALITY
dc.subject TEACHER SALARIES
dc.subject TEACHER TRAINING
dc.subject TEACHERS
dc.subject TEST SCORES
dc.subject TEXTBOOKS
dc.subject WORK EXPERIENCE
dc.subject WORKERS
dc.subject WRITING SKILLS
dc.subject YOUTH
dc.title The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7351670/role-education-quality-economic-growth
okr.globalpractice Education
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4122
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000016406_20070129113447
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 7351670
okr.identifier.report WPS4122
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/01/29/000016406_20070129113447/Rendered/PDF/wps4122.pdf en
okr.topic Tertiary Education
okr.topic Education :: Primary Education
okr.topic Secondary Education
okr.topic Education :: Education For All
okr.topic Teaching and Learning
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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