External effects of investment in human capital

With the recent renewed interest in economic growth literature, education stands at the frontier of contributions to national economic advancement. The New Growth Theories assert the importance of human capital for the enhancement of the economic well-being of a country. The external effects associa...

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Main Authors: Chan, Yuen Sun, Chong, Jacqueline Li Min, Tan, Roselyn Poh Sim
Other Authors: Chris Sakellariou
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2014
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-596792023-05-19T06:09:03Z External effects of investment in human capital Chan, Yuen Sun Chong, Jacqueline Li Min Tan, Roselyn Poh Sim Chris Sakellariou Nanyang Business School DRNTU::Business::Accounting With the recent renewed interest in economic growth literature, education stands at the frontier of contributions to national economic advancement. The New Growth Theories assert the importance of human capital for the enhancement of the economic well-being of a country. The external effects associated with education in the Lucas' model (1988) form the starting point for investigating the impact of human capital on wages. The objective of this study is to empirically test Lucas' basic assumption of spillover effects of human capital using a microeconomic approach (see Winter-Ebmer 1992). ACCOUNTANCY 2014-05-09T08:38:54Z 2014-05-09T08:38:54Z 1995 1995 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59679 en Nanyang Technological University 51 p. application/pdf
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External effects of investment in human capital
description With the recent renewed interest in economic growth literature, education stands at the frontier of contributions to national economic advancement. The New Growth Theories assert the importance of human capital for the enhancement of the economic well-being of a country. The external effects associated with education in the Lucas' model (1988) form the starting point for investigating the impact of human capital on wages. The objective of this study is to empirically test Lucas' basic assumption of spillover effects of human capital using a microeconomic approach (see Winter-Ebmer 1992).
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