Human capital through a prospective method: a study for latin america
This paper aims to evaluate education as a component of human capital in comparison to other types of investments that relate to the formation of this stock. First, this study uses a nonparametric method, known as prospective, to estimate the value of human capital for a sample of ten Latin American...
- Autores:
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Laverde Rojas, Heruy
Gaitan, Mercedes
Lis Gutierrez, Jenny Paola
Viloria Silva, Amelec Jesus
Vega Riano, Pilar
- Tipo de recurso:
- Article of journal
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2017
- Institución:
- Corporación Universidad de la Costa
- Repositorio:
- REDICUC - Repositorio CUC
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/4596
- Acceso en línea:
- https://hdl.handle.net/11323/4596
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
- Palabra clave:
- Education
Human capital
Latin-american
Long run
Prospective method
Educación
Capital humano
América Latina
Método de perspectiva a largo plazo
- Rights
- openAccess
- License
- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
| Summary: | This paper aims to evaluate education as a component of human capital in comparison to other types of investments that relate to the formation of this stock. First, this study uses a nonparametric method, known as prospective, to estimate the value of human capital for a sample of ten Latin American countries from a returns perspective. Then, through partial decompositions examines the contribution of education in the volumes of human capital. The results indicate positive effects of education that however tend to run out in the long run |
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