This is not usually the comparison that is made in the literature, so it’s not definitively answered. This comment thread on Hauke and John’s original post has some back and forth. Basically human capital interventions definitely have an aggregate effect, but the strength of that effect compared to growth-promoting policies is unclear.
This is not usually the comparison that is made in the literature, so it’s not definitively answered. This comment thread on Hauke and John’s original post has some back and forth. Basically human capital interventions definitely have an aggregate effect, but the strength of that effect compared to growth-promoting policies is unclear.
It seems odd that this has not been explored more thoroughly by the EA community, especially given its proclivity for consideration of the long-term.