Human capital formation, returns and policies: Analytical approaches and research questions

Jere Behrman

Journal of International Development, 1996, vol. 8, issue 3, 341-373

Abstract: Better understanding would be valuable, for sub-Saharan Africa, of: (i) determinants of human resource investments; (ii) their returns; and (iii) policy implications. Such understanding can be obtained from behavioural data only by integrated modelling, data and estimation. Simple analytical frameworks are considered for investigating: private behaviours that determine human resource investments and their returns; economic rationale for policies; implications of endogenous policies for policy evaluation; alternative means of human resource related service delivery; and larger environments in which human resource investments are made and returns realized. Research areas are noted for which gains are likely to be greatest.

Date: 1996
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DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1328(199605)8:3<341::AID-JID382>3.0.CO;2-Y

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