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2017
- handle: 10670/1.w0hbno
- halshs: halshs-01671740
- doi: 10.1016/j.jmacro.2017.06.007
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Nadir Altinok et al., « Does one size fit all? The impact of cognitive skills on economic growth », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'éducation, ID : 10.1016/j.jmacro.2017.06.007
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This paper tests for heterogeneous effects of cognitive skills on economic growth across countries. Using a new extended dataset on cognitive skills and controlling for potential endogeneity, we find that the magnitude of the effect is about 60 per cent higher for low-income countries compared to high-income countries, and it more than doubles when low TFP countries are compared to high TFP countries. There are also marked differences across ge- ographic regions. Using data on the share of the population with advanced and minimum skill levels, our results also indicate that high-income countries should focus on increasing the number of high skilled human capital, while countries from Sub-Saharan Africa would benefit more by investing in the development of basic skills.