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This research aims to quantitatively reassess the impact of human capital on economic growth through a meta-analysis of multiple studies.

Human capital and economic growth: a meta-analytic reassessment

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Meta-analysis assesses the human capital-economic growth relationship, indicating positive impacts across diverse contexts.

This research aims to quantitatively reassess the impact of human capital on economic growth through a meta-analysis of multiple studies.
Conducted a meta-analysis combining 740 effect-size estimates from 51 studies.
Examined influences of measurement choices, country contexts, and econometric methodologies.
Utilized advanced techniques such as GMM and ARDL to assess the estimated effects.
A 1% increase in human capital correlates with a 0.13% rise in output growth, adjusting to 0.09% after addressing publication bias.
Stronger impacts are observed in Asia and low- to middle-income countries compared to OECD nations.
Education and experience indicators show larger effects on growth than health proxies.

Teixeira et al. (2026) studied this question.

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