Search Results - subject_exact:"Humankapital"

Digital transformation, human capital upgrading, FDI spillover and green total factor productivity : evidence from Vietnamese provinces

Nguyen Thuy Trang; Phung Mai Lan - 2026

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The diffusion of Artificial Intelligence across firms : evidence from Europe

Garbers, Julio; Gregory, Terry - 2026

We develop a novel firm-level indicator of Artificial Intelligence adoption in Europe (MAP-AI) by extracting information on AI usage from more than three million firm websites from Belgium, France, Germany, and Luxembourg (2016-2024) using a Large Language Model. The indicator captures realized...

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Decarbonizing the Gulf : evidence on the role of energy transition, technological progress, and human capital in achieving SDG-aligned sustainability

Amin, Azka; Nora Yusma Bte Mohamed Yusoff; Arooj, Aqsa; … - 2026

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Does AI cheapen talk? : theory and evidence from global entrepreneurship and hiring

Cowgill, Robert W.; Hernandez, Pablo; Wright, Nataliya … - 2026

Screening human capital based on signals such as job applications or entrepreneurial pitches is crucial for organizations. Signals are often informative insofar as they require differential knowledge and effort to produce. Generative AI (GAI) complicates screening by lowering the cost of...

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Does AI cheapen talk? : theory and evidence from global entrepreneurship and hiring

Cowgill, Bo; Hernandez, Pablo; Wright, Nataliya Langburd - 2026

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Intellectual and social capital,energy, and resource rents as drivers of economic growth in Middle East and North Africa : evidence from panel ARDL analysis

Fakhreddine, Nour; Taher, Hanadi; Mourad, Abbas - 2026

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Optimal education policy, R&D productivity, and endogenous growth with heterogeneous individuals

Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2026

This study characterizes optimal policy in an endogenous growth model where heterogeneous individuals choose between entering the workforce as unskilled labor or pursuing education to become skilled. In the decentralized economy, monopolists produce goods using both labor types. They purchase...

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Endogenous education duration, fertility choice, and mortality : a framework for optimal population policy

Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2026

This paper characterizes optimal education and population policies within a continuous-time overlapping generations (OLG) framework where fertility, schooling duration, and health expenditures are endogenous. In this model, mortality risk is driven by a negative congestion effect from population...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

The educational distribution of U.S. immigrants shifted significantly to the right in recent decades as the share without a high school diploma fell and the share with a bachelor's degree rose. This improvement coincided with a shift in immigrants' origins toward Asia and rising global education...

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What explains the increase in immigrants' educational attainment in the United States?

Dziadula, Eva; Zavodny, Madeline - 2026

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New technologies, digital skills, and occupational mobility : evidence from Ireland

Yadav, Anil; McHale, John; Galetti, Jefferson R. B. - 2026

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The "China shock" and middle-income economies : threats to industrialization and human capital formation

Coxhead, Ian; Strutt, Anna; Corong, Erwin L.; … - 2026

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Human productive capacities, institutions, and environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Olohunlana, Aminat Olayinka - 2026

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Skill formation with siblings

Toppeta, Alessandro - 2026

This paper estimates a structural model of skill formation for children who grow up with siblings, introducing a novel variable, the "sibling bond," which captures how well siblings get along. Using data from the Millennium Cohort Study in the United Kingdom, I construct this measure from...

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Landscape of opportunities : Belize

Pecha, Camilo; Ochoa, Elizabeth - 2026

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The "Big Push" of international trade : a tale of informality and human capital

D'Ascanio, Francesco; Martínez, Tomás R. - 2026 - This version: January 7, 2026

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 compulsory education law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

This paper estimates the returns to education in Arkansas-one of the last states to extend compulsory schooling-using ACS 2023 data and the 1987 Compulsory Schooling Law (CSL) reform as an instrument. OLS estimates imply returns of 9.5-10.4 percent per year of schooling. The CSL reform increased...

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The returns to education in Arkansas : evidence from the 1987 Compulsory Education Law

Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Rivera-Olvera, Angelica - 2026

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Human capital and labor market effects of elite schooling in England, Scotland, and Wales : new causal evidence from nonparametric bounds

Yu, Zhanhan; Amin, Vikesh; Flores, Carlos; … - 2026

We estimate the causal effect of attending elite schools in England, Scotland, and Wales on human capital and labor market outcomes for cohorts of children from the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study. For identification, we employ a nonparametric...

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Access to clean water and human capital formation : evidence from Indonesia

Pohn, Lukas; Schulze, Günther G. - 2026

We estimate the causal effect of access to clean water sources on educational outcomes in Indonesia. Using the longitudinal Indonesian Family Life Survey (IFLS) panel dataset, which follows the same individuals from 1993 to 2014, and applying household fixed effects allows us to identify the...

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Access to clean water and human capital formation : evidence from Indonesia

Pohn, Lukas; Schulze, Günther G. - 2026

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Anchors in the storm: can emergency cash transfers protect human capital during economic crises?

Castellanos-Rodríguez, Luis Eduardo - 2026

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The Power of neighbourhood : how social interactions shape household technical efficiency in fostering children's scholastic achievement

Agee, Mark D. - 2026

This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood social interactions on a household's ability to produce their child's scholastic achievement. A time-varying stochastic frontier model and a spatial Durbin model are used to estimate endogenous and contextual neighbourhood effects on household...

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Job transformation, specialization, and the labor market effects of AI

Freund, Lukas; Mann, Lukas - 2026 - Original version: August 2025, this version: March 2026

A central effect of automation is to transform jobs-shifting their task content. We develop a general-equilibrium model of this process. Occupations bundle tasks; workers possess task-specific skills and sort by comparative advantage. When a task is automated, remaining tasks gain in importance,...

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Job transformation, specialization, and the labor market effects of AI

Freund, Lukas; Mann, Lukas - 2025

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Human-capital shocks and innovation : evidence from Britain's lost generation

Repetto, Luca; Cipullo, Davide; Pinchbeck, Edward; … - 2026

This paper studies how World War I mortality shocks to British communities affected long-run innovation. Linking parish-level military deaths to universal patent data (1895-1979) and inventor records, we compare high- and low-mortality areas. A 10 percent increase in deaths reduces the...

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Beyond occupational sorting : how skills shape task allocation and immigrant disadvantage

Tverdostup, Marina; Walter, Dora - 2026

Immigrants across Europe earn less and work in lower-quality jobs than natives, but the mechanisms underlying these disparities remain poorly understood. This paper asks whether immigrant disadvantage reflects barriers to accessing good jobs or skill deficits that persist even within similar...

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Uncovering gender and temporal dynamics : career resources impacting career success

Malkowska, Wika; Elsey, Vicki; Longstaff, Laura; … - 2026

(1) Background/Purpose: Talent management research has typically focused on early-career entrants or high-potential employees, leaving mid-career professionals underexplored despite their pivotal role in organisational continuity and leadership pipelines. This study examines whether the...

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AI adoption, structural constraints and inclusive growth : evidence from Greece

Bartzokas, Anthony; Kostis, Pantelis Ch. - 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly characterized as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) capable of reconfiguring work, accelerating digitalization, and raising aggregate productivity. Yet the pace and inclusiveness of AI adoption depend less on technical potential than on complementary...

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Selection and evolutionary growth in pre-industrial Germany

Ohler, Johann - 2026

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The Human Capital Index Plus 2026. Findings Brief

2026

The HCI+ measures how effectively a country builds human capital, tracking the likelihood that children today will grow into healthy, educated, and productive adults. It integrates measures from three dimensions of human capital—health, education, and employment—into one index using...

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The Human Capital Index Plus 2026 : Methodology Note

Decerf, Benoît; D’Souza, Ritika; Schady, Norbert; … - 2026

The World Bank launched the Human Capital Index (HCI) to highlight the importance of investments in human capital and to benchmark key components of human capital across countries. This HCI is an international metric that measures the amount of human capital a child born today can be expected to...

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Click, Code, Earn : The Returns to Digital Skills

Martins-Neto, Antonio; Khunara, Saloni; Liu, Yan; … - 2026

This paper provides the first comprehensive, cross-country evidence on the wage returns to digital skills, using more than 67 million job postings from 29 countries between 2021 and 2024. The paper develops a harmonized digital skills taxonomy and examines returns across extensive (any digital...

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Building Human Capital Where It Matters : Homes, Neighborhoods, and Workplaces

2026

Human capital—the health, knowledge, skills, and experience that people accumulate throughout their lives—is essential for productivity and economic growth. Yet, progress has stalled, and there have even been reversals in human capital accumulation over the last 15 years. Two-thirds of low-...

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Marginal admission to elite high schools : long-run effects on labor market outcomes

Cabrera-Hernández, Francisco; Dustan, Andrew; … - 2026

We estimate the long-run effects of marginal admission to elite public high schools on students' labor supply in the context of Mexico City's centralized high school admission system. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we compare students whose placement exam scores are just above and...

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Developing math talent worldwide : evidence from a global RCT

Agarwal, Ruchir; Gaulé, Patrick - 2026

Exceptional talent accounts for a disproportionate share of innovation, yet many individuals with exceptional ability may never realize their potential. Whether expanding access to advanced training generates learning gains remains an open question. We study this using a randomized controlled...

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

While rent-sharing is known to vary according to worker characteristics, the impact of profits on the gender wage gap warrants closer examination. Most studies adopt a single-gender view, neglecting factors tied to bargaining power. Our paper aims to fill this gap by leveraging rich matched...

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

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The wealth of nations : origins of prosperity and seeds of inequality

Galor, Oded - 2026

What ignited humanity's momentous ascent from millennia of stagnation to an era of sustained economic growth? And what are the roots of the vast disparities in the wealth of nations? These enduring mysteries, which have preoccupied scholars across generations, lie at the core of Unified Growth...

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The legacy of China’s one-child policy on human capital : how being raised by an only child affects cognitive and noncognitive skill development

Feng, Shuaizhang; Gan, Yu; Han, Yujie; Kautz, Tim - 2026

China's One-Child Policy (OCP) restricted most couples to a single birth, leading to a rapid increase in the prevalence of only children. Using longitudinal data and a regression discontinuity design around the policy's start, we estimate the effects on grandchildren's human capital. We find...

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From past ventures to present success : does human capital drive performance in entrepreneurship?

Rai, Sabhya - 2026

Accumulated entrepreneurial experience, as a form of human capital, plays a critical role in shaping current venture revenue. Building on insights from entrepreneurship and human capital theory, the study establishes a causal inverted U-shaped relationship between prior entrepreneurial...

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Climate hazards, childhood experiences, and development trajectories : the long-term impact of GLOF exposure

Finan, Olivia; Finan, Kira; Doyle, Orla - 2026

This study examines the long-term impact of childhood exposure to Glacier Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs) on adult human capital outcomes in the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region. Using historical GLOF data and geospatial mapping of downstream flood pathways, we identify treatment and control groups...

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Inflation and human capital investment decisions

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Westergren, Kerstin - 2026

This study investigates the impact of inflation on human capital investment decisions. Using a specially designed survey we estimate the causal effect of recent price level increases on the graduation plans of over 1,200 U.S. university students. We find that inflation caused over half of the...

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Inflation and human capital investment decisions

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Westergren, Kerstin - 2026

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The geometry of learning under AI delegation

Huang, Lingxiao; Vishnoi, Nisheeth K. - 2026

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Human capital and development

Aghion, Philippe; Almås, Ingvild; Meghir, Costas - 2026

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Human Capital and Development

Aghion, Philippe; Almås, Ingvild; Meghir, Costas - 2025

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Framing a place-based investment strategy for Fermanagh & Omagh

Sensier, Marianne; Hoskins, Joel; Francis, Michael; … - 2026

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Labor of love : gender and wage dynamics across the stages of life

Li, Shurui - 2026

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Earnings effects of direct worker voice in production

Nelson, Dylan; Wilmers, Nathan - 2026

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Are pro-productivity policies fit for purpose? : the case of France

Bergeaud, Antonin; Cette, Gilbert; Figaro, Hélène - 2026

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The long run economic effects of medical innovation and the role of opportunities

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2026

We leverage the introduction of the first antibiotic therapies in 1937 to examine the long-run effects of early childhood pneumonia on adult educational attainment, employment, income, and work-related disability. Using census data, we document large average gains on all outcomes, alongside...

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The long run economic effects of medical innovation and the role of opportunities

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2026

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The long run economic effects of medical innovation and the role of opportunities

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2026

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The long run economic effects of medical innovation and the role of opportunities

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2026 - Revised April 2026

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The long run economic effects of medical innovation and the role of opportunities

Bhalotra, Sonia; Clarke, Damian; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2025

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How parenting styles shape children's lifetime outcomes

Dohmen, Thomas; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Grönqvist, Hans; … - 2026

This study examines how parenting styles predict children's lifetime outcomes. Using a Swedish dataset which combines rich survey information on parenting styles with administrative records tracking children over five decades, we find that authoritarian parenting is negatively associated with...

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How parenting styles shape children's lifetime outcomes

Dohmen, Thomas; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Grönqvist, Hans; … - 2026

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How parenting styles shape children's lifetime outcomes

Dohmen, Thomas; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Grönqvist, Hans; … - 2026

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Crowded career ladders? : intra-firm spillovers of raised retirement age

Badalyan, Sona - 2026

I study how delayed retirements reshape firms internal labor markets, leveraging a German reform that raised womens early retirement age by at least three years. The reform increased retention of older women and reduced both internal promotions and external hiring of younger coworkers, with the...

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Crowded career ladders? : intra-firm spillovers of raised retirement age

Badalyan, Sona - 2025

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Workers' exposure to artificial intelligence across development stages

Lewandowski, Piotr; Madoń, Karol; Park, Albert - 2026

This paper develops a task-adjusted, country-specific measure of workers' exposure to artificial intelligence (AI) across 108 countries. Building on Felten et al. (2021), we adapt the artificial intelligence occupational exposure (AIOE) index to worker-level data from the Programme for the...

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Human-centred digital transitions and skill mismatches in European workplaces

2026

New digital and artificial intelligence technologies are fast reshaping skill requirements in the EU labour market, fostering skill mismatches. There are marked concerns about the potentially adverse consequences of automation and AI on employment, as well as the lagging competitiveness of EU...

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Is Speedy Start-up Always Better? The role of entrepreneurs’ prior experience

Kato, Masatoshi - 2026

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Intergenerational mobility through the lens of the elderly : new estimates from India and a comparison with existing measures

Chaudhuri, Rajdeep; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sen, Kunal - 2026

The literature on intergenerational mobility for many countries in the world focus on household surveys that capture the education of parents and their children. While they pay particular attention to issues regarding co-residency of fathers and son, they are somewhat weaker in information on...

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