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Human capital channels and productivity growth: Evidence from Nigeria

Numerous studies have examined the relationship between human capital and productivity.However, the implications of human capital channels -the 'basic channel' and 'advanced channel' -were discounted from most of the empirical studies in Africa.This study, therefore, uses Vector Error Correction Model to examine the joint short-and long-run causality, as well as long-run behaviour of human capital channels on productivity within the period from 1980 to 2017.Evidence from the joint short-and long-run causality shows that there is no long-run one while joint short-run causality was observed in t…