Human Capital

Advances in Theory and Evidence

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ID19923711
EditorsJoop Hartog (0000-0003-0818-6914), Henriëtte Maassen Van Den Brink
Year2007
Publication date2007-06-28
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueHuman Capital (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511493416
OpenAlexW650764776
ISBN9780511493416
Open LibraryOL17236233M
LanguageEN
Citations received9

At a time when governments and policy-makers put so much emphasis on 'the knowledge economy' and the economic value of education, human capital theory has never been more important. However, research in this area is often very technical and therefore not easily accessible to those who wish to use it as a guide to policy formation. This book provides an interface between such research and its potential applications in government, education and business. Reporting on a major research initiative, new findings are presented in a non-technical way on three major themes: measuring the benefits from human capital, applications of the human capital model, and policy interventions. Aimed at academic researchers and professionals concerned with the problems and techniques of human capital theory, it will also be useful for graduate courses on the economics of education to complement standard textbooks

Capital formation · Economic growth · Economics · Financial capital · Human capital · Labour economics · Political science · Prologue · Psychological intervention · Unemployment · Education Systems and Policy · History · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology

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