A NEW DISCUSSION OF THE HUMAN CAPITAL THEORY IN THE METHODOLOGY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

Bernarda Zamora Talaya

Working Papers. Serie AD from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie)

Abstract: This paper formally describes the Human Capital Theory as a Research Programme that fits into the classical economic Research Programmes. The fundamental ¿hard core¿ assumption which converts the Human Capital Theory into a Research Programme itself in Lakatosian terms is based upon the embodiment of the human capital in the person investing in it. The paper shows how the auxiliary ¿protective belt¿ assumptions and the empirical content of the theory are linked to and derived from the ¿hard core¿ assumptions in such a way that the Human Capital Theory satisfies the conditions to be considered a Scientific Research Programme.

Keywords: Lakatos; Research Programme; Human Capital. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2007-12
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