Levels of educational attainment vary widely even within the OECD group of rich countries.(Brief Article)

Economist (US), The, November, 2001

Levels of educational attainment vary widely even within the OECD group of rich countries. These differences matter, because educational qualifications measure human capital, which has become an increasingly significant source of economic growth. The share of the working-age populations in Japan and America with post-secondary schooling is more than 20 percentage points higher than in the European Union.