Women in Politics: A New Instrument for Studying the Impact of Education on Growth

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Title:	Women in Politics: A New Instrument for Studying the Impact of Education on Growth
Authors:	Chen, Li-Ju;陳麗如
Contributors:	臺北市立大學都會產業經營與行銷學系
Keywords:	distance to the technological frontier;women in politics
Date:	2016-08
Issue Date:	2017-09-07 14:04:08 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	臺中市：逢甲大學
Abstract:	This paper tests the growth model of distance to the technological frontier, which states that the closer an economy is to the frontier, the more important is innovation relative to imitation as a source of productivity growth. Hence, an economy that is closer to the technological frontier should invest more in skilled labor, since innovation is a skill-intensive activity. I use the proportion of female legislators as an instrument for skilled labor, in contrast to the lagged educational expenditures used in Vandenbussche et al. (2006). The results with the new instrument are consistent with the theoretical prediction and the earlier results of Vandenbussche et al. (2006).
Relation:	Journal of Economics and Management, 12(2), p.251-275
Appears in Collections:	[Department of Urban Industrial Management and Marketing] Articles

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