Why Standard Measures of Human Capital are Misleading

After a long, dormant period, recent attention has turned to a variety of measurement issues surrounding the concept of human capital. The traditional approach of rely entirely on measures of school attainment, while convenient, is almost certainly misleading. The availability of cognitive skills me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: A.HANUSHEK, ERIC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korea Development Institute 2015-05-01
Series:KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.23895/kdijep.2015.37.2.22