What Level of Education Matters Most for Growth? Evidence from Portugal
JOURNAL
YEAR
Sep 21, 2009
TYPE
Articles in journals
AUTHORS
St. Aubyn, M., Pereira, J.
VOL Nº
28
PAGES
6
ABSTRACT
We decompose annual average years of schooling series for Portugal into different schooling levels series. By estimating a number of vector autoregressions, we provide measures of aggregate and disaggregate economic growth impacts of different education levels. Increasing education at all levels except tertiary have a positive and significant effect on growth. Investment in education does not significantly crowd out physical investment and average years of schooling semi-elasticities have comparable magnitude across primary and secondary levels
JEL CLASS
KEYWORDS
Economic Impact,Economic Development,Human Capital,Productivity