Does childhood work impede long-term human capital accumulation? Empirical evidence from rural Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 234-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Essa Chanie Mussa ◽  
Alisher Mirzabaev ◽  
Assefa Admassie ◽  
Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo ◽  
Joachim von Braun
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Rural Ethiopia

A cost-effectiveness analysis of social transfers on human capital accumulation

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (207) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrés Mideros
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Effectiveness Analysis ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Social Transfers

The paper reports on an ex-ante evaluation of the long-term effect of the Ecuadorian social transfer programme called “Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH)” on human capital accumulation. A dynamic cohort microsimulation model is used to analyse for cost-effectiveness of different policy scenarios. Results show that cash transfers do promotehuman capital accumulation but with rather small effect. Transfers targeted at critical ages are the most cost-effective to promote human capital accumulation

Ethnic Capital and Intergenerational Mobility

2019 ◽  
pp. 241-266
Author(s):  
George J. Borjas ◽  
Barry R. Chiswick
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Ethnic Group ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Intergenerational Mobility ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Accumulation Process ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Ethnic Capital

Assuming that ethnicity acts as an externality in the human capital accumulation process, this chapter analyzes the extent to which ethnic skill differentials are transmitted across generations. The skills of the next generation depend on parental inputs and on the quality of the ethnic environment in which parents make their investments, or “ethnic capital.” The empirical evidence reveals that the skills of today's generation depend not only on the skills of their parents, but also on the average skills of the ethnic group in the parents’ generation.

Human Capital Accumulation and Geography: Empirical Evidence from the European Union

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús López-Rodríguez ◽  
J. Andrés Faíña ◽  
José López-Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
The European Union

scholarly journals Do Long-Run Disasters Promote Human Capital in China? —The Impact of 500 Years of Natural Disasters on County-Level Human-Capital Accumulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (20) ◽  
pp. 7422
Author(s):  
Zhidi Zhang ◽  
Jianqing Ruan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Force Dynamics ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Impact

Is there a relationship between the frequency of regional natural disasters and long-term human-capital accumulation? This article investigates the long-run causality between natural calamities and human-capital accumulation with macro and micro data. Empirical cross-county analysis demonstrates that higher frequencies of natural calamities are correlated with higher rates of human-capital accumulation. Specifically, on the basis of empirical data of the fifth census in 2000 and China’s Labor-Force Dynamics Survey in 2012, this paper exploits the two databases to infer that the high disaster frequency in the years of 1500–2000 was likely to increase regional human-capital accumulation on district level. High natural-calamity frequency reduces the expected rate of returning to physical capital, which also serves to increase human-capital. Thus, experiencing with natural disasters would influence human’s preference to human-capital investment instead of physical capital.

scholarly journals INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT STABILITY AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-271
Author(s):  
Kezia de Lucas Bondezan ◽  
Francisco José Veiga ◽  
Joilson Dias
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Data Series ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Accumulation Process ◽  
Capital Growth ◽  
Theoretical Developments

The objective of this paper is to study the influence of institutional quality on the human capital accumulation process. This paper builds on prior theoretical developments which establish a micro-foundation link between human capital accumulation and institutional quality. Using a panel data series from 1960 to 2010, we observe that political instability and institutional quality do affect long-term human capital accumulation. Greater political stability and better institutions clearly foster human capital growth, thus promoting economic growth and prosperity.

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