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Human Capital and Economic Growth: Pakistan 1960-2003

Abbas, Qaisar and Foreman-Peck, James S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-5725 2008. Human Capital and Economic Growth: Pakistan 1960-2003. Lahore Journal of Economics 13 (1) , pp. 1-27.

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Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between human capital and economic growth in Pakistan with aggregate time series data. Estimated with the Johansen (1991) approach, the fitted model indicates a critical role for human capital in boosting the economy’s capacity to absorb world technical progress. Much higher returns, including spillovers, to secondary schooling in Pakistan than in OECD economies is consistent with very substantial education under-investment in Pakistan. Similarly, extremely large returns to health spending compare very favorably with industrial investment. Human capital is estimated to have accounted for just under one-fifth of the increase in Pakistan’s GDP per head. Since the 1990s, the impact of deficient human capital policies is shown by the negative contribution to economic growth.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
Uncontrolled Keywords: Human Capital, Economic Growth, Cointegration, Pakistan
Publisher: Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics
ISSN: 1811-5438
Last Modified: 05 May 2023 01:11
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/40496

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