Education matters : global schooling gains from the 19th to the 21st century / Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barro, Robert J., author.

Yi, Chong-hwa, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School enrollment--Longitudinal studies.

School enrollment.

Educational attainment--Longitudinal studies.

Educational attainment.

Economic development--Effect of education on.

Economic development.

Genre:

Longitudinal studies.

Physical Description:

xi, 289 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Overview 1

1.2 The Origin and Global Expansion of Education 3

2 International Comparisons of School Enrollment and Educational Attainment, 1870-2010 11

2.1 School Enrollment Trends from 1820 to 2010 13

2.2 Determinants of School Enrollments 23

2.3 Estimating Educational Attainment, 1950-2010 36

2.4 Estimating Historical Educational Attainment, 1870-1945 52

2.5 Trends in Educational Attainment 55

2.6 Gender Disparity in Educational Attainment 68

2.7 Comparison with Other Data Sets 75

3 Projection of Educational Attainment for 2015-2040 87

3.1 Projection Methods 89

3.2 Population Projections 91

3.3 Projections of Enrollment Ratios 99

3.4 Educational Attainment by Education Level and Gender, 2010-2040 105

3.5 Comparisons with Existing Projections 116

4 Educational Attainment and Economic and Political Developments, 1960-2010 123

4.1 Theories of Human Capital and Economic Growth 124

4.2 Human Capital and Cross-Country Income Differences 126

4.3 Growth Accounting 134

4.4 Cross,-Country Growth Regressions 144

4.5 Relationships between Education and Fertility 152

4.6 Relationships between Education and Political Development 158

5 Historical Evidence on the Effects of Education on Growth, Fertility, and Democracy, 1870-2010 167

5.1 Long-Term Historical Data Set 167

5.2 Global Trends in Economic, Demographic, and Political Developments 169

5.3 Regressions for Growth Rates of per-Worker GDP 179

5.4 Regressions for Fertility 181

5.5 Regressions for Democracy 184

6 Educational Attainment-Quantity and Quality of Schooling 188

6.1 International Data on Student Outcomes 189

6.2 Determinants of Educational Quality 212

6.3 Measures of Adult Skills 225

6.4 Relations between Educational Attainment and Educational Quality 227

6.5 Educational Quality Human Capital, and Economic Growth 237

7 Conclusions 252.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199379231

0199379238

OCLC:

907177639