Human Capital Theory
By E. Tan. 2014
545 citations recorded by the source corpus.
Subfields: Economics and Econometrics
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Citations in the corpus
- Automation, skills use and training (2018, background): “Human capital theory (Becker 1964) argues that on-the-job training is an investment in human capital.”
- Driving innovation: Public policy and human capital (2019, background): “In the last 20 years, the human capital concept has evolved significantly, and current conceptions of human capital include a wide range of human attributes that are relevant to job performance and productivity, ranging from personality traits, work attitudes and values (Ployhart and Moliterno, 2011”
- The winner takes it all, the loser has to fall: Provoking the agency perspective in employability research (2018, background): “The basic tenet in HCT is that investments in human capital, understood as qualifications and skills, increase individuals' productivity and marketability in the labour market (Becker, 1964).”
- Generic and Specific Skills as Components of Human Capital: New Challenges for Education Theory and Practice (2019, background): “…Mexico, and Venezuela all saw growth in the education level of the population and even an increase in the premium paid for highly educated labor, while simultaneously experiencing a slowdown of economic growth or even negative macroeconomic trends, including decreased productivity [Tan, 2014].”
- Social capital of venture capitalists and start-up funding (2012, background): “In doing so, VCs impact on new ventures in two distinct ways: directly, by lending money (financial capital) and providing management skills (human capital) to the start-ups they fund, and indirectly, by giving them access to their network, thus taking on the role of information and resource brokers”