Overview of Education and Growth in Bulgaria

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Overview of Education and Growth in Bulgaria

• Natalia Panayotova

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Contents

• A model of schooling and growth
• Results from cross-country pattern of schooling
  and growth
• Educational attainment in Bulgaria
• The state of education during 2000-2004
• Conclusion

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A model of schooling and growth

• The channel from human capital to growth

• The channel from schooling to human capital

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Results from cross country pattern

• Impact of education is different across the
  countries
• Explanations

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Educational attainment in Bulgaria

• Data
• Experience
• Results

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The state of education in Bulgaria

• Educational attainment of the population 25-64
  years of age
• Structure of the population by level of education
  and average wage
• Comparison with other middle-income countries

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Educational attainment of the population 25-64
years in Bulgaria, 2000-2004
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Number of employed, average monthly wage by level
of educational attainment, Bulgaria, 2002
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Comparison with other middle-income countries

• Average years of schooling
• Higher / Secondary Education Earnings Ratio

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Comparison with other middle-income countries
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Conclusions

• The importance of measure the education
• Data
• The environment
• Problems

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