Autores: Timothy Besley, José G. Montalvo y Marta Reynal-QuerolTítulo: Do educated leaders matter?
Fuente: The Economic Journal
Resumen: This article uses data on more than 1,000 political leaders between 1875 and 2004 to investigate whether having a more educated leader affects the rate of economic growth. We use an expanded set of random leadership transitions because of natural death or terminal illness to show, following an earlier paper by Jones and Olken (2005), that leaders matter for growth. We then provide evidence supporting the view that heterogeneity among leaders' educational attainment is important with growth being higher by having leaders who are more highly educated.
Cómo citar este artículo:
Besley, T. J., J. García-Montalvo y M. Reynal-Querol, 2011. "Do educated leaders matter?", The Economic Journal, 121(554), pp. 205-227.
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