International Data on Educational Attainment Updates and Implications

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Authors

Robert J. Barro · National Bureau of Economic Research

Abstract

This paper presents a data set that improves the measurement of educational attainment for a broad group of countries. We extend our previous estimates of educational attainment for the population over age 15 and over age 25 up to 1995 and provide projections for 2000. We discuss the estimation method for the measures of educational attainment and relate our estimates to alternative international measures of human capital stocks.

Topics & Keywords

Economic Growth and Productivity Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Income, Poverty, and Inequality

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Partnerships for the goals

Publication Details

Published in: National Bureau of Economic Research

DOI: 10.3386/w7911