Abstract
Education plays a large role in the advancement of a nation. It is crucial and important in the eradication of poverty, enhancing equity and social justice. Other than that, education also is vital in ensuring the supply of necessary human capital which is needed for the continuous growth of a nation economic. Most countries in the world have adopting an effective investment in education as the fundamental approach toward a sustainable growth. This paper will focus on the impact of investment in education on economic growth in Malaysia using data from 1960 to 2009. By adopting Dauda (2010) and Ndiyo (2007) method, the relationship will be estimated. Dauda and Ndiyo are using production function in which growth of economic is the output. Changes in the output are due to the change in the input which are total expenditure of education, total labour force and physical capital formation.
Metadata
Item Type: | Student Project |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Mohd Marzuki, Mohd Asyraf 2009983715 |
Contributors: | Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Advisor Ismail @ Reduan, Wahi wahi@uitm.edu.my Advisor Bujang, Imbarine imbar074@uitm.edu.my |
Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > Educational productivity |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Sabah > Kota Kinabalu Campus > Faculty of Business and Management |
Programme: | Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) Business Economics |
Keywords: | Education; Human capital; Manufacturing sectors |
Date: | 2012 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/95521 |
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