A study presented to the Board of the Faculty of Management and Economics, University of Karbala, which is part of the requirements for obtaining the diploma of Higher Diploma in Economics

By
Iman Abbas Abed
Supervised by
Prof. Dr. Rahim K. H.

Abstract
The study aims at measuring the effect of expenditure on higher education on economic growth in Iraq. The descriptive method was adopted in the presentation of investment and expenditure on higher education in Iraq. Quantitative analysis using the standard method to measure the effect of education expenditure on economic growth in Iraq for the period 1990-2015. The study found that the number of universities increased by 35 at the end of the study period, accompanied by an increase in the number of private colleges. The number of universities increased to reach (52) colleges recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research The total number of teachers has increased to 40993 in the academic year (2014-2013). Moreover, after 2003, the expenditure on education was increasing at current and constant prices by JD (308.86) million in fixed prices in the academic year (2003-2004) as a result of the changes that took place after 2003, the lifting of economic sanctions in practice and the resumption of oil exports However, the volume of spending after this school year has declined and fluctuated both at current and constant prices as a result of the country’s conditions of political and security instability that made most of the state’s attention to address these challenges, which drained most of the state budgeting the occupation and the spread of financial and administrative corruption. The highest expenditure on education in GDP during the study period was recorded in the academic year (2008-2009) at (1.89) % and continued until the end of the research period is greater than the correct one to register in the last academic year of the period of the study about (3). Are few if compared to the Arab countries or the Zionist entity.
The results showed that there is a significant causal relationship with one direction at two-time lag periods, from the number of graduate students to the number of accepted students. The number of students admitted affects the number of graduate students. There was a significant causal relationship between the number of students and the number of students admitted. Kranger’s morbidity was attributed to the number of students accepted, and Kranger was a significant cause of the population to the number of graduate students. Thus, the null hypothesis (H0) States that there is no causal relationship between variables. With a common correlation between the variables suggesting a long-term equilibrium.