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The Impact of Higher Education on Economic Growth: A Panel Data Analysis for a Group of African Countries ; L’impact de l’Enseignement Supérieur sur la Croissance Economique : Une analyse sur données de panel pour un groupe de pays d’Afrique

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    • Publication Information:
      World Organization of Applied Sciences (WOAS)
    • Publication Date:
      2021
    • Abstract:
      The relationship between human capital and economic growth has evoked an abundant empirical literature from the early 1990s with opposing results. In fact, most of the contributions of theoretical analyzes have affirmed that human capital plays a positive and significant role in economic growth. For our part, we plan to assess this relationship from a higher education perspective and its quality in growth and development this time around. In this regard, we tend to break down in time series the relationship between higher education and economic growth for a group of African countries which includes (Morocco, Tunisia, Senegal and Niger), covering the period 2002-2018. To do this, we opted for a panel econometric model of the type with individual fixed effects that is more suited to the structure of our data. The results we have obtained attest that the greater the stock of human capital composed by individuals arriving at university, the higher the level of GDP per head and that the latter is impacted according to the level of quality of the systems of education higher education and the economy of countries. Keywords: human capital, economic growth, panel, GDP per capita ; La relation entre le capital humain et la croissance économique a évoquée une littérature empirique abondante à partir le début des années 90 avec des aboutissements opposés. En fait, la plupart des apports des analyses théoriques ont affirmé que le capital humain joue un rôle positif et significatif sur la croissance économique. Pour notre part, nous envisageons à évaluer cette relation dans l’optique de l’enseignement supérieur et sa qualité dans la croissance et le développement cette fois. À cet égard, nous tendons d’affranchir en séries chronologiques la relation entre l’enseignement supérieur et la croissance économique pour un groupe de pays d’Afrique qui englobe (Maroc, Tunisie, Sénégal et Niger), couvrant la période 2002-2018.Pour ce faire, nous avons opté pour un modèle économétrique panel de type à effets individuels fixes qu’est ...
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      https://woasjournals.com/index.php/ijfaema/article/view/49/43; https://woasjournals.com/index.php/ijfaema/article/view/49
    • Accession Number:
      10.52502/ijfaema.v3i3.49
    • Online Access:
      https://doi.org/10.52502/ijfaema.v3i3.49
      https://doi.org/10.52502/ijfaema.v3i3
      https://woasjournals.com/index.php/ijfaema/article/view/49
    • Rights:
      Copyright (c) 2021 International Journal of Financial Accountability, Economics, Management, and Auditing (IJFAEMA) ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.E0BCAB94