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UNINA9910784324603321 |
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Titolo |
Human capital : advances in theory and evidence / / edited by Joop Hartog and Henriëtte Maassen van den Brink [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2007 |
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1-107-18108-9 |
1-280-91715-6 |
9786610917150 |
0-511-29034-9 |
0-511-32236-4 |
0-511-28974-X |
0-511-28843-3 |
0-511-49341-X |
0-511-28911-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Prologue -- Measuring the benefits from human capital -- Applying and extending the human capital model -- Policy intervention. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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At a time when governments and policy-makers put so much emphasis on 'the knowledge economy' and the economic value of education, human capital theory has never been more important. However, research in this area is often very technical and therefore not easily accessible to those who wish to use it as a guide to policy formation. This book provides an interface between such research and its potential applications in government, education and business. Reporting on a major research initiative, new findings are presented in a non-technical way on three major themes: measuring the benefits from human capital, applications of the human capital model, and policy interventions. Aimed at academic researchers and professionals concerned with the problems and techniques of human capital theory, |
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