TFP and Intelligence: a cross-national empirical evidence

Evgeniya, Gorlova (2016): TFP and Intelligence: a cross-national empirical evidence.

Abstract

We investigate the effect of intelligence on total factor productivity (TFP) using cross section data for 108 countries over the period 2000-2011. We find that intelligence, measured by national IQ scores, increases average level of each country’s TFP value relative to U.S.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: TFP, intelligence, IQ, cross-country, human capital
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F0 - General

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