Malte Reimers|Stephan Klasen
Revisiting the Role of Education for Agricultural Productivity
University of Göttingen|University of Göttingen
various recent crosscountry regressions detected insignificant even surprisingly negative effects schooling agricultural productivity applying advanced panel econometric techniques sample 95 developing emerging countries 1961 2002 show results due problematic reliance enrollment literacy indicators using data educational attainment instead find sizable significant impact schooling avg increase approx 32 per year schooling agricultural productivity robust estimation methods model specification also find returns schooling higher technologically advanced countries