Education, Social Cohesion and Economic Growth

By M. Gradstein, Moshe Justman. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Higher education and economic growth in Africa (2006, background): “Gradstein and Justman (2002) argue that the impact of education on economic growth is more through its role as a socialising force rather than through technical progress.”
Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development (2008, unknown): “, Guiso et al., 2005; Spolaore and Wacziarg, 2006) that have appealed to data on genetic distance between human populations to instrument or proxy for the effect of sociocultural differences between societies on technological diffusion and trade.13 Spolaore and Wacziarg (2006) argue that genetic dis”
The 'Out of Africa' Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development (2013, unknown): “14 Guiso et al. (2005), on the other hand, employ data on genetic distance between European populations as an instrument for measures of trust to estimate its effect on the volume of bilateral trade and foreign direct investment, finding that a one standard deviation increase in genetic distance red”
Higher education: a public good or a commodity for trade? (2008, background): “Gradstein and Justman (2002, p. 1192) highlight the role of public education in producing a major externality, viz., the shrinking of the ‘‘social distance’’ between individuals of different distinct ethnic, religious and social groups, and thereby in reducing the associated transaction costs, and ”
Why does democracy need education? (2007, unknown): “The direct benefit of interaction arises from coordination (Gradstein and Justman, 2002).”
Social Capital and National Environmental Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis (2004, background): “For example, this might arise because higher levels of social capital are associated with higher levels of human capital ( Gradstein & Justman, 2002 ) that may contribute to a shift from traditional manufacturing to service industries as a proportion of the total economy, thereby lowering emissions.”
The Empirics of Social Capital and Economic Development: A Critical Perspective (2005, background): “The growth literature is now pervaded by studies addressing the relationship between the economy’s social and institutional fabric, the economic performance and development patterns (Kormendi and Meguire 1985; Bénabou 1996; Barro 1996; Collier and Gunning 1997; Knack and Keefer 1997; Temple and John”