Human Capital and Long-run Economic Growth in Nigeria

By Moses C. Ekperiware

This book elucidates the dynamic relationship between human capital formation and long-run economic growth in the populated Nigerian economy. With specifics like the trends of working-age population, human capital formation, and economic growth in Nigerian. Also detailed in this write up is the drivers of human capital formation and the dynamic causality among human capital formation, labor force, and economic growth in Nigeria. The book further contained the dynamic relationships among population growth (POPG), Government Expenditure on Education and Health (GEHC), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Enrolment (ENROL), and Labour-Force (LF) in Nigeria, and examined the scenario analysis of increased human capital formation and labour-force to forecast the possibility of reaping the demographic dividend in Nigeria. Hence, this book is for both academic and governance oriented as research models and findings are germane to shape future research and guide policymaking in all spheres. A conclusion from this book is that you will have a rich idea about the implication of a population in an economy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6200323232
• ISBN13: 9786200323231
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"