scholarly journals The Decay of the Human Capital Theory in Latin American Higher Education Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (16) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
American Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Systems

Opening-Up Higher Education in Emerging Economies: Autonomy and Integrity on the Rise of Globalization

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Heitor ◽  
Hugo Horta
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Institutional Autonomy ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
A Priority ◽  
Opening Up

Abstract We focus this paper on higher education systems and related public policies in emerging societies and developing regions worldwide and observe that effective institutional autonomy and integrity of modern universities are to be promoted in a context where building human capital is a priority and alliances and partnerships among universities worldwide, as well as between them and industry, gain significant relevance. For those societies and regions, our analysis identifies ten different themes oriented towards norms that may be helpful in guiding the development of higher education systems and related public policies.

Human Capital Theory and Internal Migration: Do Average Outcomes Distort Our View of Migrant Motives?

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Korpi ◽  
William A.V. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Internal Migration ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory

By modelling the distribution of percentage income gains for movers in Sweden, using multinomial logistic regression, this paper shows that those receiving large pecuniary returns from migration are primarily those moving to the larger metropolitan areas and those with higher education, and that there is much more variability in income gains than what is often assumed in models of average gains to migration. This suggests that human capital models of internal migration often overemphasize the job and income motive for moving, and fail to explore where and when human capital motivated migration occurs.

scholarly journals Circulación y recepción de la teoría del “capitalismo académico” en América Latina

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
José Joaquín Brunner ◽  
Julio Labrana ◽  
Francisco Ganga ◽  
Emilio Rodríguez-Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Academic Capitalism ◽  
The State ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Conceptual Approach ◽  
Higher Education Systems ◽  
America Latina

In recent decades, the theory of academic capitalism has gained increasing relevance as an approach for understanding the recent evolution of higher education systems. We analyze the reception of academic capitalism theory in Latin America. To meet this objective, the conceptual underpinnings of academic capitalism are explored as well as their criticisms in the specialized literature. Next, the Latin-American reception of this conceptual approach is examined in detail, with special attention to the ways in which this approach is used to evaluate national higher education systems. Building upon this analysis, it is argued that the Latin-American reception process shows limitations both in quantitative and qualitative terms and is frequently used to criticize the state of higher education systems rather than to understand them. The article closes with a summary and selected future lines of research.

scholarly journals Does Human Capital Theory Account For Individual Higher Education Choice?

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Van der Merwe
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Neoclassical Economic ◽  
Individual Choice ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Local Evidence ◽  
Students Attitudes

South African higher education policy evidently assumes a human capital interpretation of the value of higher education. However, not much local evidence has been provided to support the human capital view that individuals enroll in higher education primarily on the basis of future earnings they expect to flow from such investments. This paper suggests that one reason for this circumstance is that neoclassical economic epistemology, human capital theory’s philosophical paradigm, cannot deal comfortably in the currency of expectations. The paper argues that individual choice can be understood only on the variable ground of human expectations, perceptions and beliefs. Such terrain is, however, not ideally suited to neoclassical economic analysis, so traditional human capital theory relies on improbable assumptions about human behaviour to model educational choice. The discussion proposes that it is not necessary to employ a neoclassical analytical framework to demonstrate that individuals’ enrolment decisions may be sensitive to their anticipated returns to higher education investments. This case study, within a qualitative research design and using principal components analysis of a purposive sample of Durban University of Technology first year students’ attitudes and perceptions relating to higher education, sought to establish whether their expected returns to higher education investments are significantly associated with their enrolment choices. Using binomial logistic regression analysis, respondents’ anticipated private rates of return were shown to be a significant consideration in respect of their higher education choices. This finding, the product of qualitative analysis, affirms the human capital theory proposition that individuals regard higher education as an investment, that is, as a risk versus return prospect.

scholarly journals Screening and Human Capital Theory: An Empirical Test

2005 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 817-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Rohling
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Canadian Survey

This paper uses the Wiles test in an attempt to distinguish between the Human Capital and Screening theories on the role of higher education. Regressions on Canadian survey data reveal support for Human Capital theory at the expense of Screening theory.

scholarly journals Do students take the predictions of human capital theory into account? An analysis of motives behind further studies in higher education

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-84
Author(s):  
Hajnalka Fényes ◽  
Márta Mohácsi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Wage Premium ◽  
Human Capital Theory ◽  
Minor Importance ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Social And Cultural Capital ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractIn this paper, we seek to answer the research question as to whether students take into account the predictions of human capital theory (namely the higher wages associated with further studies) in their decision to participate in higher education. Our alternative research question is whether students can be described by Bourdieu's theory on capital conversion, that is, whether they aim to accumulate cultural and social capital during their studies, which can also be profitable for them in the future. Our research method is quantitative: we use cluster analysis to examine the motives behind further studies and employ cross tabulation and variance analysis to reveal the relationship between clusters and social background variables. We find that the wage premium associated with further studies is not the most important motive among students; it holds only minor importance even for those from a disadvantaged social background. The results suggest that students in secondary schools, especially talented but underprivileged ones, should be motivated to enter higher education by informing them about the potential wage premium they can attain if they study further. Importantly, we also find that underprivileged students may be unaware of the fact that higher education is an efficient mechanism to accumulate social and cultural capital, which then can be converted into economic capital.

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