Human capital and economic growth in India, Indonesia, and Japan
Subtitle: a quantitative analysis, 1890-2000 = Menselijk kapitaal en economische groei in India, Indonesië en Japan : een kwantitatieve analyse, 1890-2000
By: Bas van Leeuwen.
Publisher: [Bas van Leeuwen]
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Utrecht, The Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9789088910036
Subjects: Economic development -- Effect of education on -- Case studies.; Human capital -- India. -- History.; Human capital -- Indonesia -- History.; Human capital -- Japan -- History.
Genres: Case studies.
Other titles: Menselijk kapitaal en economische groei in India, Indonesië en Japan :
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2007.

Includes summaries in English and Dutch.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Problems in analyzing economic development
pagenum: 1; label: 1.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.2
title: Geographical and time scope of the study
pagenum: 3; label: 1.3
title: Factor accumulation and economic growth
pagenum: 4; label: 1.4
title: Economic development: a changing focus
pagenum: 6; label: 1.4.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 6; label: 1.4.2
title: A classic view: GDP and physical capital
pagenum: 6; label: 1.4.3
title: Broadening the scope: other factors influencing economic development
pagenum: 8; label: 1.5
title: Theory before empirics: the new growth theories
pagenum: 11; label: 1.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 11; label: 1.5.2
title: New growth theories
pagenum: 13; label: 1.6
title: Research questions
pagenum: 15; label: 1.7
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 16; label: 2
title: Literature on the relation between human capital and economic growth: definitions and problems
pagenum: 19; label: 2.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 19; label: 2.2
title: An overview of human capital measures
pagenum: 19; label: 2.2.1
title: Broad measures of human capital in economic historical research
pagenum: 19; label: 2.2.2
title: Education stock
pagenum: 21; label: 2.2.3
title: Pro and retrospective methods
pagenum: 23; label: 2.2.4
title: Combined approaches
pagenum: 25; label: 2.3
title: Human capital in growth regressions
pagenum: 27; label: 2.3.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 27; label: 2.3.2
title: Theoretical use of human capital in growth regressions
pagenum: 27; label: 2.3.3
title: Empirical models
pagenum: 34; label: 2.3.4
title: Some results from the literature
pagenum: 36; label: 2.4
title: A definition of human capital
pagenum: 40; label: 2.5
title: Development of education institutions in human capital formation
pagenum: 42; label: 2.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 42; label: 2.5.2
title: Changes in the effect of human capital on economic growth over time
pagenum: 42; label: 2.5.3
title: Changes in the effect of human capital on economic growth among countries
pagenum: 44; label: 2.6
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 45; label: 3
title: Basic data and measurement issues: standard proxy estimates of human capital
pagenum: 47; label: 3.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 47; label: 3.2
title: Enrolment data
pagenum: 47; label: 3.2.1
title: Definitions and sources
pagenum: 47; label: 3.2.2
title: Estimates of levels of enrolment
pagenum: 53; label: 3.2.3
title: Estimates of the Gross Enrolment Ratio
pagenum: 56; label: 3.3
title: Attainment and average years of education
pagenum: 59; label: 3.4
title: Private and government expenditure on education
pagenum: 67; label: 3.5
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 74; label: 4
title: Converging patterns? Educational policies and development in an educational age
pagenum: 76; label: 4.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 76; label: 4.2
title: General patterns of educational development in the literature
pagenum: 77; label: 4.2.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 77; label: 4.2.2
title: The rise of mass education
pagenum: 78; label: 4.2.3
title: The rise of secondary and higher education
pagenum: 79; label: 4.3
title: The educational structure in Indonesia
pagenum: 82; label: 4.3.1
title: The rise of a colonial education system
pagenum: 82; label: 4.3.2
title: Increasing enrolments
pagenum: 83; label: 4.3.3
title: Social changes in the enrolment composition
pagenum: 91; label: 4.3.4
title: Who pays? Public and private expenditure on education
pagenum: 93; label: 4.4
title: The educational structure in India
pagenum: 95; label: 4.4.1
title: The rise of a colonial education system
pagenum: 95; label: 4.4.2
title: Increasing enrolments
pagenum: 96; label: 4.4.3
title: Social changes in the enrolment composition
pagenum: 102; label: 4.4.4
title: Who pays? Public and private expenditure on education
pagenum: 104; label: 4.5
title: Education in Japan: Analyzing the growth of a modern education system
pagenum: 106; label: 4.5.1
title: The rise of the Japanese education system: the develooment of mass education
pagenum: 106; label: 4.5.2
title: The rise of secondary education
pagenum: 107; label: 4.5.3
title: The post-War period
pagenum: 109; label: 4.5.4
title: Social consequences of educational development
pagenum: 110; label: 4.5.5
title: Who pays? Public and private expenditure on education
pagenum: 111; label: 4.6
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 112; label: 4.6.1
title: A comparison between India, Indonesia, and Japan
pagenum: 112; label: 4.6.2
title: The relationship between education and growth
pagenum: 115; label: 4.6.3
title: Some hypotheses ont he relationship between educational development and economic growth
pagenum: 117; label: 4.6.4
title: Limitations
pagenum: 118; label: 5
title: New estimates of the formation and stock of human capital
pagenum: 119; label: 5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 119; label: 5.2
title: Data and measurement issues
pagenum: 119; label: 5.3
title: A new method of estimating the human capital stock: using household surveys
pagenum: 124; label: 5.4
title: Bringing the human capital estimates back in time: a perpetual inventory method
pagenum: 131; label: 5.5
title: Plausibility and development of human capital
pagenum: 141; label: 5.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 141; label: 5.5.2
title: Subjective margins of error
pagenum: 141; label: 5.5.3
title: A comparison of human capital and its components
pagenum: 146; label: 5.5.4
title: Some comparisons with GDP and physical capital
pagenum: 148; label: 5.6
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 152; label: 6
title: Is Lucas right? On the role of human capital in growth theory
pagenum: 154; label: 6.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 154; label: 6.2
title: Human and physical capital ratio
pagenum: 156; label: 6.3
title: Marginal returns to human capital accumulation
pagenum: 157; label: 6.3.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 157; label: 6.3.2
title: The relation between the growth of human capital and time spent on human capital formation
pagenum: 158; label: 6.3.3
title: Regression analysis
pagenum: 162; label: 6.4
title: Level and growth effects of human capital
pagenum: 167; label: 6.4.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 167; label: 6.4.2
title: Unit-roots and cointegration
pagenum: 168; label: 6.5
title: Connecting level and growth effects with constant marginal returns: the role of 'average years of education'
pagenum: 171; label: 6.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 171; label: 6.5.2
title: Unit-root and a Mincer equation
pagenum: 172; label: 6.5.3
title: Connecting the use of 'average years of education' as a human capital proxy to constant marginal returns to human capital accumulation
pagenum: 175; label: 6.6
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 176; label: 7
title: The contribution of human capital to growth: some estimates
pagenum: 179; label: 7.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 179; label: 7.2
title: The model
pagenum: 181; label: 7.2.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 181; label: 7.2.2
title: The imbalance effect
pagenum: 182; label: 7.2.3
title: A Koyck model
pagenum: 188; label: 7.3
title: Regimes in human capital and economic growth
pagenum: 189; label: 7.3.1
title: Breakpoints in the relation between human capital and growth
pagenum: 189; label: 7.3.2
title: Estimates
pagenum: 195; label: 7.3.3
title: An interpretation of the results
pagenum: 198; label: 7.4
title: Imbalance effects
pagenum: 201; label: 7.4.1
title: The imbalance effect
pagenum: 201; label: 7.4.2
title: A test for the presence of imbalance effects
pagenum: 201; label: 7.4.3
title: Correcting GDP for human capital accumulation: a final extension
pagenum: 205; label: 7.5
title: Some interpretations of the reasons behind economic development in Japan, India, and Indonesia
pagenum: 207; label: 7.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 207; label: 7.5.2
title: A succesful developer: Japan
pagenum: 208; label: 7.5.3
title: Late-comers in economic development: India and Indonesia
pagenum: 210; label: 7.6
title: Conclusion
pagenum: 214; label: 8
title: A historical interpretation of the new growth theories: an overview
pagenum: 217; label: 8.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 217; label: 8.2
title: The effect of data on the relationship between human capital and growth
pagenum: 218; label: 8.3
title: The effect of changing human capital forming institutions on the relationship between human capital and growth
pagenum: 221; label: 8.3.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 221; label: 8.3.2
title: The effect of educational development on economic growth
pagenum: 222; label: 8.4
title: A simulation of cross-country growth divergence: Romerian versus Lucasian growth
pagenum: 223; label: 8.5
title: Some suggestions for further research
pagenum: 230; label: 8.5.1
title: Introduction
pagenum: 230; label: 8.5.2
title: A fable of economic growth: some suggestions for further research
pagenum: 231; label: 8.6
title: Some final remarks
pagenum: 234