Human capital advances in theory and evidence
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...
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Cambridge New York
Cambridge University Press
2007
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Measuring the Benefits from Human Capital
- 1. What should you know about the private returns to education? / Joop Hartog and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink
- 2. The social returns to education / Mikael Lindahl and Erik Canton
- 3. Returns to training / Edwin Leuven
- 4. Human capital and entrepreneurs / Justin van der Sluis and Mirjam van Praag
- 5. The effects of education on health / Wim Groot and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink
- 6. Are successful parents the secret to success? / Erik Plug
- Part II. Applying and Extending the Human Capital Model
- 7. Overeducation in the labour market / Wim Groot and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink
- 8. Underinvestment in training / Randolph Sloof, Joep Sonnemans and Hessel Oosterbeek
- 9. Human capital and risk / Joop Hartog and Simona Maria Bajdechi
- Part III. Policy Interventions
- 10. Using (quasi-) experiments to evaluate education interventions / Hessel Oosterbeek
- 11. Unemployment duration: policies to prevent human capital depreciation / Bas van der Klaauw
- 12. Can we stimulate teachers to enhance quality? / Ib Waterreus
- 13. Optimal tax and education policies and investments in human capital / Bas Jacobs
- Epilogue: some reflections on educational policies
- A note on econometrics