Regional Human Capital Inequality in Europe

Claude Diebolt and Ralph Hippe

Chapter Chapter 2 in Human Capital and Regional Development in Europe, 2022, pp 5-33 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract A range of contributions has focused on the international evolution of human capital over the last decades and beyond. However, the regional dimension of human capital in Europe remains insufficiently explored, particularly in a long-run perspective. For this reason, this chapter addresses this gap in the literature and highlights the regional evolution of human capital in Europe between 1850 and 2010 by using numeracy, literacy and educational attainment proxies. The results show that intranational inequalities in human capital have always been important and are in a number of cases more important than international differences. However, a convergence in literacy and educational attainment rates over the respective time periods is found.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-90858-4_2

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