Advanced search
Publication Cover
Applied Economics Letters Volume 14, 2007 - Issue 14
Submit an article Journal homepage
36
Views
0
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

An international assessment of the relative contribution of economic freedom and mathematical test scores to labour productivity

Will Carrington Heath University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Sarah J. Skinner University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
&
John Keith Watson University of Louisiana, Lafayette, USA
Pages 1059-1063 | Published online: 07 Nov 2007

References

  • Alesina , A . 1998 . “ The political economy of high and low growth, in ” . In Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics 1997 , Washington, DC : World Bank .
  • Barro , RJ . 1991 . Economic growth in a cross section of countries . The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 106 : 407 – 43 .
  • Barro , RJ . 1997 . Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study , Cambridge, MA : MIT Press .
  • Carney , BM , Laar , M , Miles , MA and Mitchell , DJ . 2004 . 2004 Index of Economic Freedom , DC : Washington . Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal
  • Dawson , J . 1998 . Institutions, investment, and growth: new cross-country and panel data evidence . Economic Inquiry , 36 : 603 – 19 .
  • de Hann , J and Siermann , CLJ . 1995 . A sensitivity analysis of the impact of democracy on economic growth . Empirical Economics , 20 : 197 – 215 .
  • de Hann , J and Siermann , CLJ . 1996 . New evidence on the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth . Public Choice , 86 : 175 – 98 .
  • de Hann , J and Siermann , CLJ . 1998 . Further evidence on the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth . Public Choice , 95 : 363 – 80 .
  • de Vanssay , X and Spindler , ZA . 1994 . Freedom and growth: do constitutions matter? . Public Choice , 78 : 359 – 72 .
  • Easton , ST and Walker , MA . 1997 . Income growth and economic freedom . American Economic Review , 87 : 328 – 32 .
  • Gwartney , J and Lawson , R . 2004 . Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report , Fraser Institute .
  • Gwartney , JD , Lawson , RA and Holcomb , RG . 1999 . Economic freedom and the environment for economic growth . Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics , 155 : 643 – 63 .
  • Hall , RE and Jones , CI . 1999 . Why do some countries produce so much more output per worker than others? . The Quarterly Journal of Economics , 114 : 83 – 116 .
  • Hanushek , EA and Kimko , DD . 2000 . Schooling, labour-force quality, and the growth of nations . The American Economic Review , 90 : 1184 – 208 .
  • Mankiw , G , Romer , D and Weil , DN . 1992 . A contribution to the empirics of economic growth . Quarterly Journal of Economics , 107 : 407 – 37 .
  • Martin , MO , Mullis , IVS and Chrostowski , SJ . 2004 . International Mathematics Report TIMSS 2003 , Chestnut Hill, MA : Boston College . TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center
  • Nelson , MA and Singh , RD . 1998 . Democracy, economic freedom, fiscal policy and growth in LDCs: a fresh look . Economic Development and Cultural Change , 46 : 677 – 96 .
  • Romer , PM . 1994 . The origins of endogenous growth . The Journal of Economic Perspectives , 8 : 3 – 22 .
  • Romer , PM . 1990 . Endogenous technological change . Journal of Political Economy , 98 : 71 – 102 .
  • Strum , J-E and de Hann , J . 2001 . How robust is the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth? . Applied Economics , 33 : 839 – 44 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Supercharge Your Next Research Paper: Research and write your next paper with Jenni AI.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.