Direction: In each of the following questions, a short passage is given with one of the lines in the passage missing and represented by a blank. Select the best out of the five answer choices given, to make the passage complete and coherent.
In the course of development, few processes are as intertwined with economic growth as human capital accumulation. Schooling makes workers more productive, speeds the development of new technologies, and better equips parents to raise skilled children, all of which promote economic growth._______________________________________. The entangled role of human capital is not limited to aggregate income growth, however.
Growth, in turn, incentivizes investment in human capital. Causal links point in every direction, going through the phases of the lifecycle as well as generations.