TY - JOUR ID - 168682 TI - Investigating the Long-run Influences of Human Capital on Innovation and Economic Growth in MENA Countries JO - International Journal of Management, Accounting and Economics JA - IJMAE LA - en SN - AU - Mirhoseyni, Seyed Valiallah AU - Izadi, Seyed Hosein AU - Mohammad Ghader, Leila AD - Department of Economics, Payam Noor University (PNU), P.O. Box 19395-4697, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2023 PY - 2023 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 122 EP - 134 KW - Human capital KW - Innovation KW - Economic Growth KW - MENA Region DO - 10.5281/zenodo.7760603 N2 - Human capital is supposed to be an important factor in innovation and economic development. However, the long-run influence of human capital on current innovation and economic development is still unclear, in particular in the MENA region. Therefore, the present study is to investigate the long-run influence of human capital on innovation and economic growth in MENA countries for the years 2010-2012. The data were collected using the library method from the World Bank database and were analyzed using statistical and econometric methods for panel data. The results obtained from this study showed that human capital had a positive, significant influence on innovation and economic growth in MENA countries. The same influence was observed for the population density in some age groups (more educated people) on the patents in MENA countries.The same influence was observed for the population density in some age groups (more educated people) on the patents in MENA countries. UR - https://www.ijmae.com/article_168682.html L1 - https://www.ijmae.com/article_168682_d41cb6a0cd29281b970f4fb625acc506.pdf ER -