Human capital, higher education institutions, and quality of life

John Winters

Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2011, vol. 41, issue 5, 446-454

Abstract: This paper considers the effects of the local human capital level and the presence of higher education institutions on the quality of life in U.S. metropolitan areas. The local human capital level is measured by the share of adults with a college degree, and the relative importance of higher education institutions is measured by the share of the population enrolled in college. This paper finds that quality of life is positively affected by both the local human capital level and the relative importance of higher education institutions. Furthermore, these effects persist when these two measures are considered simultaneously, even though the two are highly correlated. That is the human capital stock and higher education institutions have a shared effect and also separate effects on quality of life.

Keywords: Human; capital; Higher; education; College; towns; Quality; of; life; Amenities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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