Amory Gethin Measures The Economic Value Of Education

2025-03-28 03:16:55

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By Amory Gethin

WASHINGTON, USA – Economists have long surmised that people's knowledge and skills contribute significantly to economic development, but to what degree can access to an education change lives?

Amory Gethin has compiled data from surveys from more than 150 countries to measure what economists have never measured before: the correlation between education and individual incomes.

Gethin is an economist in the World Bank Development Research Group working on growth and inequality and has sought to quantify the economic value of education as it relates to global poverty reduction.

In this podcast Gethin says investing in education advances those who pursue degrees and those who don't. Transcript

– Read the article in Finance & Development magazine

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