Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/2671 
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2001/137
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
A recent paper by Dollar and Kraay (2001) finds that higher primary educational attainment of the workforce does not increase the income of the poor except for its effect on average income. We test the robustness of their finding by using a broader measure of human capital that accounts for international differences in the quality of education. Our findings suggest that more quality-adjusted education does increase the income of the poor in addition to its positive effect on average income. Hence effective education policies should be an essential component of any poverty-reduction strategy.
Subjects: 
poverty
income distribution
education
growth
JEL: 
O15
ISBN: 
9291900990
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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