Upjohn Research

Title

Human Capital and Economic Development

Authors

Sisay Asefa, Western Michigan University
Wei-Chiao Huang, Western Michigan University

Year

1994

Abstract

Six essays are presented that explore human capital and its relationship to issues such as demographics, population growth, families, workplace training and economic progress.

Contents

1. Introduction / Sisay Asefa and Wei-Chiao Huang
2. The Birth Dearth, Aging, and the Economy / Richard A. Easterlin
3. Can There Be Too Much Human Capital / D. Gale Johnson
4. Human Capital Accumulation, the Family, and Economic Development / Mark R. Rosenzweig
5. Can the U.S. System of Workplace Training Survive Global Competition? / Peter B. Doeringer
6. Workplace Training in the United States / Ann P. Bartel
7. The Very-Long-Run Effect of Human Capital on Human Progress / Julian L. Simon

Citation

Asefa, Sisay, and Wei-Chiao Huang, eds. 1994. Human Capital and Economic Development. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Note

Six essays based on lectures sponsored by the Dept. of Economics, Western Michigan University, during the academic year 1992-93

ISBN

9780880991483 (cloth) ; 9780880991476 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

EDUCATION and TRAINING