Measuring Human Capital addresses a country’s most important resource: its own people. Bettering human capital benefits individuals and their country and leads to improved sustainability for the future. For many years economists only used Gross Domestic Product (GDP), now acknowledged to be inadequate without supplemental measures, to gauge a country’s overall value. There is now a recognition that many variables contribute to a country’s worth, which make accurate measurement difficult. Looking beyond GDP by focusing on human capital, researchers, policymakers, government officials, and students can understand what elements impact human capital and how they might improve it in order to increase economic growth and well-being.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. i 2. Part II: Major Measures of Human Capital - p. xix 3. Section II.A: Monetary Measures - p. xix 4. Chapter 1. The Impact of Air Pollution on Human Capital Wealth - p. 23 5. Chapter 2. Global Human Capital: View From Inclusive Wealth - p. 39 6. Section II.B: Indexes - p. 54 7. The World Bank Human Capital Index - p. 55 8. Chapter 4. Human Development: A Perspective on Metrics - p. 83 9. Summary of Lim, S. S., et al., “Measuring human capital: A systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016” - p. 117 10. Summary of World Economic Forum, “The Global Human Capital Report 2017—Preparing people for the future of work” - p. 125 11. Part III: Country Studies - p. 138 12. Chapter 7. Human Capital of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, 1997–2018 - p. 139 13. Accumulation of Human and Market Capital in the United States: The Long View, 1948–2013 - p. 167 14. Index - p. 199
Measuring Human Capital addresses a country’s most important resource: its own people. Bettering human capital benefits individuals and their country and leads to improved sustainability for the future. For many years economists only used Gross Domestic Product (GDP), now acknowledged to be inadequate without supplemental measures, to gauge a country’s overall value. There is now a recognition that many variables contribute to a country’s worth, which make accurate measurement difficult. Looking beyond GDP by focusing on human capital, researchers, policymakers, government officials, and students can understand what elements impact human capital and how they might improve it in order to increase economic growth and well-being.
1. Part I: Introduction - p. i 2. Part II: Major Measures of Human Capital - p. xix 3. Section II.A: Monetary Measures - p. xix 4. Chapter 1. The Impact of Air Pollution on Human Capital Wealth - p. 23 5. Chapter 2. Global Human Capital: View From Inclusive Wealth - p. 39 6. Section II.B: Indexes - p. 54 7. The World Bank Human Capital Index - p. 55 8. Chapter 4. Human Development: A Perspective on Metrics - p. 83 9. Summary of Lim, S. S., et al., “Measuring human capital: A systematic analysis of 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016” - p. 117 10. Summary of World Economic Forum, “The Global Human Capital Report 2017—Preparing people for the future of work” - p. 125 11. Part III: Country Studies - p. 138 12. Chapter 7. Human Capital of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, 1997–2018 - p. 139 13. Accumulation of Human and Market Capital in the United States: The Long View, 1948–2013 - p. 167 14. Index - p. 199
