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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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relation.isSeriesOfPublication | 26e071dc-b0bf-409c-b982-df2970295c87 |
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