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Utbildningskvantitet, utbildningskvalitet och ekonomisk tillväxt

Loikala, Rebecka LU (2023) NEKH01 20231
Department of Economics
Abstract
This paper aims to investigate the topic of education and economic growth in 38 OECD member states in eight five-year periods between 1975–2015. The main focus is to study the relationship of two aspects of education, quantity and quality, to see if there is a relationship to growth. As a quantitative measure, education is measured as the school enrollment rates on a primary- and secondary level. The qualitative measure is approximated as the pupil-teacher ratio on a primary- and secondary level. What sets this study apart from previous research is the inclusion of both the quantity- and quality of education together with two different levels of education. The empirical analysis suggests that the pupil-teacher ratio as a proxy for quality... (More)
This paper aims to investigate the topic of education and economic growth in 38 OECD member states in eight five-year periods between 1975–2015. The main focus is to study the relationship of two aspects of education, quantity and quality, to see if there is a relationship to growth. As a quantitative measure, education is measured as the school enrollment rates on a primary- and secondary level. The qualitative measure is approximated as the pupil-teacher ratio on a primary- and secondary level. What sets this study apart from previous research is the inclusion of both the quantity- and quality of education together with two different levels of education. The empirical analysis suggests that the pupil-teacher ratio as a proxy for quality of education had a positive and significant effect on economic growth in the models including the quality variables. On the contrary, the school enrollment ratio did only show statistical significance in the last model together with the pupil-teacher ratio on the secondary level. (Less)
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author
Loikala, Rebecka LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH01 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Economic growth, Education, Quality of Education, Quantity of Education, Level of Education, Panel Regression, OECD Countries, Solow-model
language
Swedish
id
9123346
date added to LUP
2024-01-22 15:40:12
date last changed
2024-01-22 15:40:12
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  abstract     = {{This paper aims to investigate the topic of education and economic growth in 38 OECD member states in eight five-year periods between 1975–2015. The main focus is to study the relationship of two aspects of education, quantity and quality, to see if there is a relationship to growth. As a quantitative measure, education is measured as the school enrollment rates on a primary- and secondary level. The qualitative measure is approximated as the pupil-teacher ratio on a primary- and secondary level. What sets this study apart from previous research is the inclusion of both the quantity- and quality of education together with two different levels of education. The empirical analysis suggests that the pupil-teacher ratio as a proxy for quality of education had a positive and significant effect on economic growth in the models including the quality variables. On the contrary, the school enrollment ratio did only show statistical significance in the last model together with the pupil-teacher ratio on the secondary level.}},
  author       = {{Loikala, Rebecka}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Utbildningskvantitet, utbildningskvalitet och ekonomisk tillväxt}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}