Human capital and economic growth in Spain, 1850–2000

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro; Rosés, Joan R.

dc.contributor.author	Prados de la Escosura, Leandro
dc.contributor.author	Rosés, Joan R.
dc.date.accessioned	2011-05-17T18:28:54Z
dc.date.available	2011-05-17T18:28:54Z
dc.date.issued	2010-05-16
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation	Explorations in Economic History, 2010, v. 47, n. 4, pp. 520-532
dc.identifier.issn	0014-4983
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/11142
dc.description.abstract	We investigate human capital accumulation in Spain using income- and education-based alternative approaches. We, then, assess human capital impact on labor productivity growth and discuss the implications of its alternative measures for TFP growth. Trends in human capital are similar with either measure but the skill-premium approach fits better Spanish historical experience. As education is a high income elastic good, human capital growth computed with the education-based approach seems upward biased for the recent past. Human capital provided a positive albeit small contribution to labor productivity growth facilitating technological innovation
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.isversionof	http://hdl.handle.net/10016/5023
dc.rights	©Elsevier
dc.subject.other	Human capital
dc.subject.other	Growth
dc.subject.other	Labor productivity
dc.subject.other	Total factor productivity
dc.subject.other	Spain
dc.title	Human capital and economic growth in Spain, 1850–2000
dc.type	article
dc.description.status	Publicado
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2010.02.002
dc.subject.eciencia	Economía
dc.subject.eciencia	Historia
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.eeh.2010.02.002
dc.rights.accessRights	openAccess
dc.type.version	acceptedVersion
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage	520
dc.identifier.publicationissue	4
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage	532
dc.identifier.publicationtitle	Explorations in Economic History
dc.identifier.publicationvolume	47
dc.affiliation.dpto	UC3M. Departamento de Ciencias Sociales