Contribution of human capital to economic growth from the education policy point of view – empirical analysis for EU economies
by Matjaz Novak, Primoz Dolenc, Igor Stubelj, Mateja Jerman
International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development (IJKBD), Vol. 2, No. 1, 2011

Abstract: Our research presented in this article is based on the macroeconomics background and addresses the following two questions in case of 27 EU-member states: 1) 'To what extent does education contribute to human capital?'; 2) 'What is the contribution of human capital to economic growth?' The main part of the article is empirical analysis that consists from: 1) the empirical estimates on the amount of human capital for EU27; 2) the empirical estimation about the contribution of human capital to economic growth for EU27; 3) the empirical analysis on relationship between the contribution of human capital to economic growth and the amount of public expenditure on education. We find the 5.14% of GDP as the amount of public spending on education that maximises the contribution of human capital to economic growth.

Online publication date: Fri, 28-Nov-2014

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