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Human capital : advances in theory and evidence /

This book analyses human capital theory and its potential applications in government, education and business.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hartog, Joop, Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue / Joop Hartog and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink
  • pt. 1. Measuring the benefits from human capital. What should you know about the private returns to education? / Joop Hartog and Hessel Oosterbeek ; The social returns to education / Mikael Lindahl and Erik Canton ; Returns to training / Edwin Leuven ; Human capital and entrepreneurs / Justin van der Sluis and C. Mirjam van Praag ; The effects of education on health / Wim Groot and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink ; Are successful parents the secret to success? / Erik Plug
  • pt. 2. Applying and extending the human capital model. Overeducation in the labour market / Wim Groot and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink ; Underinvestment in training? / Randolf Sloof, Joep Sonnemans and Hessel Oosterbeek ; Human capital and risk / Joop Hartog and Simona Maria Bajdechi
  • pt. 3. Policy interventions. Using (quasi- )experiments to evaluate education interventions / Hessel Oosterbeek ; Unemployment duration : policies to prevent human capital depreciation / Bas van der Klaauw ; Can we stimulate teachers to enhance quality? / Ib Waterreus ; Optimal tax and education policies and investments in human capital / Bas Jacobs.