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dc.contributor.authorDreger, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorErber, Georgen
dc.contributor.authorGlocker, Danielaen
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-22-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:54:44Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:54:44Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-20090119152en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35640-
dc.description.abstractThe accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper provides a robustness analysis of alternative measures of human capital available at the level of EU NUTS1 and NUTS2 regions. In addition to the univariate measures, composite indicators based on different construction principles are proposed. The analysis shows a significant impact of construction techniques on the quality of indicators. While composite indicators and labour income measures point to the same direction of impact, their correlation is not overwhelmingly high. Moreover, popular indicators should be applied with caution. Although schooling and human resources in science and technology explain some part of the regional human capital stock, they cannot explain the bulk of the experience.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3919en
dc.rights.accessrightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.subject.jelI20en
dc.subject.jelO30en
dc.subject.jelO40en
dc.subject.jelO52en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHuman capital indicatorsen
dc.subject.keywordregional growthen
dc.subject.stwHumankapitalen
dc.subject.stwBildungsinvestitionen
dc.subject.stwMessungen
dc.subject.stwIndexen
dc.subject.stwRegionales Wachstumen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.titleRegional measures of human capital in the European Union-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn589801503en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.relation.projectidinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/216813en

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