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Human Capital (Human Capital Investment (Social IRR (Costs and benefits to…
Human Capital
Human Capital Investment
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Social IRR
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Gemmell (1996) - positive relationship between HE qualifications & subsequent economic growth in 21 OECD countries
Lucas (1993) - main engine of growth is accumulation of human capital; country with large HC stock has strong growth potential
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AGAINST HE fees
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Equality
Ensure equality of opportunity- If students have to pay for university education, this may dissuade them.
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Age, Ability & Wealth
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ABILITY
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Two individuals - one high ability & one low ability - identical HC acquisition - perform at different levels of efficiency in same employment
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Through higher earnings - more able people - higher IRR to a given level of HC acquisition than less able
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WEALTH
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At any given level of education, wealthy individuals can take advantage of lower financial costs
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Wealth differences can result in MORE HC investment by the RICH at lower rates of return than accrue for poor people
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SCREENING
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Employers held to screen potential employees with education qualifications to guide potential productivity
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TRAINING
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Specific Training
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Both the firm and worker share the costs and benefits (lower wage initially; higher wage and productivity specific to firm
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