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Title Human capital : advances in theory and evidence / edited by Joop Hartog and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

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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.
Human capital.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Added Author Hartog, Joop.
Maassen van den Brink, Henriëtte.
Other Form: Print version: Human capital. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521873161 (DLC) 2007281836
ISBN 9780511290343 (electronic book)
0511290349 (electronic book)
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9780511493416 (ebook)
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9780521873161 (hardback)
0521873169 (hardback)
9786610917150
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