Motivating Learning and the Development of Human Capital Angela W Little Presidential Lecture delivered at the annual conference of the British Association of International and Comparative Education, held at the University of Nottingham, September, 2002 Published subsequently in the journal Compare, Vol 33, no 4, 437-452 Introduction The origin of the idea of human capital goes back to at least Adam Smith who, in the Wealth of Nations, suggested that investment in physical capital through expenditure on machines might have parallels in investment in human capital through expenditures on education and training. Theodore Schultz and Howard Becker, among others, were ...

 

HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN WOMEN AND MEN Micro and Macro Evidence of Economic Returns T. Paul Schultz Since 1985 the International Center for Economic Growth, a nonprofit international policy institute, has contributed to economic growth and human development in developing and post-sodaiist countries by strengthening the capacity of indigenous research institutes to provide leadership in policy debates. To accomplish this the Center sponsors a wide range of programs-including research, publications, conferences, seminars, and special projects advising governments-through a network of over 250 correspondent institutes worldwide. The Center is affiliated with the Institute for Contemporary Studies and is head- quartered in ...