Human capital in a global and knowledge-based economy

  • Authors: Angel de la Fuente.
  • BSE Working Paper: 112275 | September 15
  • Keywords: human capital , growth , returns to schooling
  • JEL codes: O40, I21, I28
  • human capital
  • growth
  • returns to schooling
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Abstract

This document is a report prepared for for the DG for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission. It surveys the available evidence on the contribution of investment in human capital to aggregate productivity growth and on its impact on wages and other labour outcomes at the individual level. It also draws some tentative policy conclusions for an average European country.

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