human capital
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human capital
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- The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. The authors found that human capital, including learning skills, accounted for “61.2, 62.4, and 66.0 percent of the variation in lifetime earnings, lifetime wealth, and lifetime utility” — a measure of life satisfaction.
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noun stock of competencies
| Español | capital humano |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 人力資本 /人力资本 rénlì zīběn, 人力资本 rénlì zīběn |
| Kiswahili | mtaji wa watu |
| Português | capital humano |
| Français | capital humain |
| Deutsch | Humankapital |
| Italiano | capitale umano |
| Русский | челове́ческий капита́л čelovéčeskij kapitál |
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title = {human capital},
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