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STATISTICS AND INTELLIGENCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A NOTE

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Oasis Kodila-Tedika ,
Simplice A. Asongu  and
Florentin Azia-Dimbu
Oasis Kodila-Tedika*
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, University of Kinshasa, DRC
Simplice A. Asongu
Affiliation:
African Governance and Development Institute, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Florentin Azia-Dimbu
Affiliation:
Faculté de Psychologie, Université Pédagogique Nationale, DRC
*
1 Corresponding author. Email: oasiskodila@yahoo.fr
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Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between intelligence (or human capital) and the statistical capacity of developing countries. The line of inquiry is motivated essentially by the scarce literature on poor statistics in developing countries and an evolving stream of literature on the knowledge economy. A positive association is established between intelligence quotient (IQ) and statistical capacity. The relationship is robust to alternative specifications with varying conditioning information sets and control for outliers. Policy implications are discussed.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 49 , Issue 3 , May 2017 , pp. 309 - 321
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press, 2016 

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