| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP11462
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| DP11462 The Economic Impact of Universities: Evidence from Across the Globe |
| John Van Reenen; Anna Valero
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| 发表日期 | 2016-08-24
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| 出版年 | 2016
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | We develop a new dataset using UNESCO source materials on the location of nearly 15,000 universities in about 1,500 regions across 78 countries, some dating back to the 11th Century. We estimate fixed effects models at the sub-national level between 1950 and 2010 and find that increases in the number of universities are positively associated with future growth of GDP per capita (and this relationship is robust to controlling for a host of observables, as well as unobserved regional trends). Our estimates imply that doubling the number of universities per capita is associated with 4% higher future GDP per capita. Furthermore, there appear to be positive spillover effects from universities to geographically close neighboring regions. We show that the relationship between growth and universities is not simply driven by the direct expenditures of the university, its staff and students. Part of the effect of universities on growth is mediated through an increased supply of human capital and greater innovation (although the magnitudes are not large). We find that within countries, higher historical university presence is associated with stronger pro-democratic attitudes. |
| 主题 | Labour Economics
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| 关键词 | Universities
Growth
Human capital
Innovation
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp11462
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/540276
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John Van Reenen,Anna Valero. DP11462 The Economic Impact of Universities: Evidence from Across the Globe. 2016.
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