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Human Capital by Walter Weber Gimenez is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document discusses human capital and its role in economic growth theories and empirical studies. It summarizes key findings from a new data set on educational attainment across over 100 countries from 1960 to 1985. The main points are: 1) The data set finds that educational attainment has increased the most in developing regions but still lags OECD levels, with sub-Saharan Africa having the lowest levels. 2) Economic growth theories emphasize the importance of human capital, and the new data allow b

Author
Walter Weber Gimenez
Language
EN