Human Resource Development And Economic Growth In Ethiopia

Human resources development has long been considered an important factor inrneconomic growth. This study examines the contribution of human resources inrnEthiopia's economic growth. This is accomplished by entering education andrnnutrition (as proxies for human resources development) apart from physicalrncapital and labor in the growth equation by taking the 28 years time period fromrn1967/68 to 1994/95. A long run static and a short run dynamic (errorrncorrection) models are employed to observe the contribution of humanrnresources. The results obtained indicate that in the period under referencerneducation enters positively and significantly whereas nutrition enters positivelyrnbut insignificantly in explaining the growth in output.

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