Human Capital and Economic Growth
Andreas Savvides and Thanasis Stengos
Abstract
This book provides an in-depth investigation of the link between human capital and economic growth. The book examines the determinants of economic growth through a historical overview of the concept of human capital. The text fosters an understanding of the connection between human capital and economic growth through the exploration of different theoretical approaches, a review of the literature, and the application of nonlinear estimation techniques to a comprehensive data set. The book discusses nonparametric econometric techniques and their application to estimating nonlinearities—which has ... More
This book provides an in-depth investigation of the link between human capital and economic growth. The book examines the determinants of economic growth through a historical overview of the concept of human capital. The text fosters an understanding of the connection between human capital and economic growth through the exploration of different theoretical approaches, a review of the literature, and the application of nonlinear estimation techniques to a comprehensive data set. The book discusses nonparametric econometric techniques and their application to estimating nonlinearities—which has emerged as one of the most salient features of empirical work in modeling the human capital–growth relationship, and the process of economic growth in general.
Keywords:
human capital,
economic growth,
nonlinear estimation techniques,
nonparametric econometric techniques,
estimating nonlinearities,
determinants,
historical overview,
theoretical approaches,
comprehensive data set,
empirical work
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2008 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780804755405 |
| Published to Stanford Scholarship Online: June 2013 |
DOI:10.11126/stanford/9780804755405.001.0001 |
