Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43691 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeiträge No. 2010/20
Publisher: 
Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Berlin
Abstract: 
The transition from an oil-based to a knowledge-based economy requires that the Saudi population dramatically increases its level of human capital. This paper argues that noncognitive skills may be a bottleneck in the formation of human capital and proposes a policy to indirectly strengthen those skills. The core of the proposal is a government-financed gift to each Saudi citizen reaching adult age, the SSGY.
Subjects: 
Saudi Arabia
Stakeholder Society
Value Systems
Economic Development
JEL: 
O0
Z1
ISBN: 
978-3-941240-32-2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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