Growth
Overview
Overview
Based on early international student achievement tests, my research with Eric Hanushek shows that the skills of the population - the "knowledge capital" of nations - are a decisive factor why some economics grow much faster than others - and thus why some countries are rich and others poor.
Our analysis of global universal basic skills suggests that at least two-thirds of the world’s youth do not reach basic skill levels.
Therefore, the primary development goal should be that all youths everywhere on the world achieve at least basic skills.
In one project, I have studied the growth effects of the expansion of broadband internet.