2012-03-082013-03-072012-09-24http://hdl.handle.net/10784/541Students’ test scores at ages 9 to 15 are a measure of their skills as workers five to 55 years later. Using historic data on test scores and school attendance, I calculate the share of workers in 2005 that could have scored above 400 and above 600 in 45 countries. I find that the share above 400 and average schooling attainment cause national income, while the share above 600 and the share with post-secondary schooling do not. Implicitly the best long-term development strategy for poor countries is to increase the share of students who complete primary and secondary schooling.engworkingPaperinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessWorldCognitive SkillsHuman CapitalEducationSchoolingEconomic GrowthAcceso abierto2013-03-07F43I21O11O15Breton, Theodore R.