Economics of Education & Growth

Homework on Schooling Data

Fig. 4.2 from Easterly (2001, Ch. 4 page 76) shown below presents data on diverse growth outcomes from educational expansion in Africa (1965- 1985).

Select one country and write a 5 page report presenting relevant evidence and critical explanations of what happened to GDP per capita and schooling (levels and growth rates) during these years.

Requirement

1. You need to use/cite at least three sources and present quantitative evidence (Tables/Figures).

2. Your writing should be clear, and your Figures/tables should support your arguments.

3. You need to present relevant evidence and critical explanations of what happened to GDP per capita and schooling during the years 1965-1985

4. You need to choose one country from the ones mentioned in the Figure: Senegal, Botswana, Madagascar, Ghana, or Lesotho

Suggested Resourses

1. General brief orientation about a country: CIA country reports 

2. Data Resource: World Development Indicators (Links to an external site.)   (make sure you use data on constant dollars/currency when relevant) ; Penn World Tables available in the Data Homework

References :

Easterly, William, The Elusive Questfor Growth: Economists’ Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics, MIT Press, Cambridge,

2001.