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100	1		_aLoening, Josef L.
245	1	0	_aEffects of primary, secondary, and tertiary education on economic growth : _bevidence from Guatemala, volume 1 of 2 / _cJosef L. Loening.
260			_aWashington, D. C : _bWorld Bank, _c2005.
300			_a75p ; _c29 cm.
440		0	_aPolicy research working papers ; _vno. 3610
500			_aAlso available online.
500			_a"Loening investigates the impact of human capital on economic growth in Guatemala during 1951-2002 using an error-correction methodology. The results show a better-educated labor force having a positive and significant impact on economic growth. These findings are robust while changing the conditioning set of the variables, controlling for data issues and endogeneity. Due to an environment of social and political conflict, however, total factor productivity has been slightly negative for the past decades, and there is evidence of a missing complementarity between the country's skills and its technology base. The author presents a growth-accounting framework which takes into account quality changes of physical capital, and differentiates by level of education. It shows that the human capital variables explain more than 50 percent of output growth. Of these, secondary schooling is t
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
506			_aOpen access.
650		0	_aHuman capital _xGuatemala _xeconomic models.
650		0	_aGuatemala _xEconomic conditions _x1985 _xeconomic models.
710	2		_aWorld Bank.
949			_aBSPC _bSPC _cHG3881.5 _d.W57 no.3610 _g57452 _5N
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