
For the 2013 film, see Human Capital (film). Human capital is the stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. It is an aggregate economic view of the human being acting within economies, which is an ...
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1. The stock of knowledge and skill, embodied in an individual as a result of education, training, and experience, that makes him or her more productive. 2. The stock of knowledge and skill embodied in the population of an economy.
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(from the article `Becker, Gary S.`) ...Economics of Discrimination, Becker examined racial discrimination in labour markets, concluding that discrimination has costs for both the victim ...
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(from the article `wage and salary`) A particular application of marginalist analysis (a refinement of marginal-productivity theory) became known as human-capital theory. It has since ... As it became apparent that the physical accumulation of capital was not by itself the key to development, many analysts turned to a lack of education ...
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The unique capabilities and expertise of individuals.
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The attributes of a person that are productive in some economic context. Often refers to formal educational attainment, with the implication that education is investment whose returns are in the form of wage, salary, or other compensation. These are normally measured and conceived of as private returns to the individual but can also be social retur...
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The unique capabilities and expertise of individuals.
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The accumulated skill, knowledge and expertise of workers
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The accumulated skill, knowledge and expertise of workers
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The sum total of a person's productive knowledge, experience, and training. The acquisition of human capital is what makes a person more productive. One of the most notable methods of stocking up on human capital is through formal education--from grade school to advanced college degrees. However, human capital is also effectively obtained through ...
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A rating by Hulbert Financial Digest, a service of CBS MarketWatch, of how well the recommendations
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The collective knowledge, skills and abilities of an organization
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consists of our health knowledge skills and motivation Investing in human capital for instance through education - is vital for a flourishing economy. Failure to invest generates poverty which is both orally indefensible and socially inefficient in that it prevents millions of people from fulfilling their potential and becoming engaged in the creat...
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