Talent, labor quality, and economic development

Why do Some Countries Produce So Much More Output Per Worker than Others?

Robert E. Hall, C. I. Jones · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1999 · 7.9K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Development Economics +15

Changes in Relative Wages, 1963-1987: Supply and Demand Factors

Lawrence F. Katz, Kevin Murphy · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1992 · 4.5K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Higher Education +17

A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010

Robert J. Barro, Jong‐Wha Lee · Journal of Development Economics · 2012 · 4.1K citations

Social Sciences, Education Policy, Educational Measurement +13

Returns to investment in education: A global update

George Psacharopoulos · World Development · 1994 · 3.1K citations

Social Sciences, Economics, Vocational Education +16

International data on educational attainment: updates and implications

Robert J. Barro · Oxford Economic Papers · 2001 · 2.6K citations

Social Sciences, Education Policy, Development Economics +13