abstract:

This paper analyzes the effects of enrollment rates in higher education on its external social and economic benefits across countries globally since the 1960s. Global panel data regressions over time are used. The effects of enrollment rates in higher education have a multitude of benefits to society. Highly statistically significant effects are found, such as reducing poverty rates, infant mortality rates, and fertility rates. Enrollment rates in higher education augment political rights (i.e. democratization), as well as R&D expenditures. Equivalent regressions for sample splits of developed countries and less developed countries separately indicate similar results.

摘要：

本文分析了自 1960 年代以来全球各国高等教育入学率对其外部社会和经济效益的影响。使用随时间推移的全局面板数据回归。高等教育入学率的影响对社会有很多好处。发现了具有高度统计意义的效果，例如降低贫困率、婴儿死亡率和生育率。高等教育的入学率增加了政治权利（即民主化）以及研发支出。发达国家和欠发达国家样本分割的等效回归分别显示了相似的结果。