Skills and Creativity in a Cross-section of Dutch Cities

G.A. Marlet and C. van Woerkens

No 04-29, Working Papers from Utrecht School of Economics

Abstract: In this paper we examine Richard Florida’s Creative Capital theory in comparison with Human Capital theory, using a cross section of Dutch cities as our sample. Employment growth in Dutch cities can be predicted both from local education levels and from the presence of a large creative class, but especially from the latter. We conclude that in theory creativity is not very different from human capital. Nevertheless Florida’s creative class is a better standard to measure human capital then education is.

Keywords: human capital; creative class; urban growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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