Are educated workers really more productive

By Patricia Jones. 2001

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What Have We Learned from a Decade of Manufacturing Enterprise Surveys in Africa? (2005, unknown): “Jones (2001) assumes that the return to education is constant.”
Size and efficiency in African manufacturing firms: Evidence from firm-level panel data (2004, background): “Jones (2001) uses data on Ghanaian manufacturing firms observed during 1992-93 and reports regressions indicating that years of experience has an inverse u-shaped effect on productivity, peaking at about 28 years of experience (see Table 2 in her paper).”
Globalization and the Demand-Side of Politics: How Globalization Shapes Labor Market Risk Perceptions and Policy Preferences* (2015, background): “They are more willing to invest in a costly searching and hiring process and consequently employ, on average, workers with above-average ability.”
An Assessment of SME Competitiveness in Indonesia (2015, background): “2 - Measurement of Variables, Source: Jones (2001), Klonowski (2012), Antonioli et al, (2011), Bennet & Smith (2002), Cocca & Alberti (2010)”
Human capital theory and venture capital firms: exploring “home runs” and “strike outs” (2005, background): “For example, while there is a positive relationship between education and productivity (Jones, 2001; Corvers, 1997) and education and survival (Pennings et al.”