Description |
1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : illustrations |
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Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
This book analyses human capital theory and its potential applications in government, education and business. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Human capital.
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Human capital. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Hartog, Joop.
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Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Human capital. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521873161 (DLC) 2007281836 |
ISBN |
9780511290343 (electronic book) |
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0511290349 (electronic book) |
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9780511289118 (electronic book) |
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0511289111 (electronic book) |
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051128974X (electronic book) |
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9780511289743 (electronic book) |
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9780511493416 (ebook) |
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051149341X (ebook) |
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9780521873161 (hardback) |
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0521873169 (hardback) |
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9786610917150 |
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6610917159 |
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