Urbanization, human capital, and cross-country productivity differences

被引：39

作者：

Kumar, Alok ^{[1
]}

Kober, Brianne ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Victoria, Dept Econ, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2012年 / 117卷 / 01期

关键词：

Augmented Solow growth model; TFP; Health; Education; Urbanization; PANEL-DATA; EMPIRICS; GROWTH;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.072

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In this paper, we empirically examine the effects of health, education, and urbanization on the total factor productivity (TFP) of a large number of countries. We find that both urbanization and health indicators (life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and the risk of malaria) significantly affect TFP. Education has an insignificant effect on TFP. Coefficients of indicators of health and urbanization remain highly significant even after controlling for endogeneity. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：14 / 17

页数：4

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