Race between Education and Technology

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Race between Education and Technology

Goldin and Katz (2010) offer an analysis of how education and technology have changed the position of the United States among global competitors. The rate of development of skilled workers lags behind the rate of technology development. More specifically, they contend that economic growth requires educated workers and the US lags behind education levels of many other countries that prepare appropriate skilled workers.

The authors offer data to illustrate how this lag jeaprodizes the working...

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