Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/322660 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
Discussion Papers Series No. 04-29
Publisher: 
Utrecht University, Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling C. Koopmans Research Institute, Utrecht
Abstract: 
In this paper we examine Richard Florida's Creative Capital theory in comparison with Human Capital theory, using a cross section of Dutch cities as our sample. Employment growth in Dutch cities can be predicted both from local education levels and from the presence of a large creative class, but especially from the latter. We conclude that in theory creativity is not very different from human capital. Nevertheless Florida's creative class is a better standard to measure human capital then education is.
Subjects: 
human capital
creative class
urban growth
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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