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ERIC Number: EJ927263
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0272-7757
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The Quality vs. the Quantity of Schooling: What Drives Economic Growth?
Breton, Theodore R.
Economics of Education Review, v30 n4 p765-773 Aug 2011
This paper challenges Hanushek and Woessmann's (2008) contention that the quality and not the quantity of schooling determines a nation's rate of economic growth. I first show that their statistical analysis is flawed. I then show that when a nation's average test scores and average schooling attainment are included in a national income model, both measures explain income differences, but schooling attainment has greater statistical significance. The high correlation between a nation's average schooling attainment, cumulative investment in schooling, and average tests scores indicates that average schooling attainment implicitly measures the quality as well as the quantity of schooling. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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