Ensaio sobre a literatura de análise dos efeitos da educação no crescimento económico

• Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Ana Sofia Domingues
• Data de Publicação: 2004
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/gestaoedesenvolvimento.2004.111

This essay summarizes and analyses the most important theoretical and empirical contributions to assess and understand the effects of education on the performance of countries in terms of economic growth. Two debates are approached: the controversial issue "first differences versus levels" as well as "micro-macro paradox". In this paper are shown the differences that come up when one try to develop models of education benefits, as well as the uncertainty of the empirical results. It is given, however, a clear support to the education effects in terms of economic productiveness and it is also expressed the conviction that the widest benefits of education may be many times underestimated.