The Kuznets curve of human capital inequality: 1870–2010

Morrisson, Christian; Murtin, Fabrice

doi:10.1007/s10888-012-9227-2

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“…North–South gaps in educational enrolment have also declined considerably, a trend some date to as far back as 1870 (Morrisson and Murtin, ; also Kenny, ). The global primary school enrolment rate has increased from 24 per cent in 1870 to 82 per cent in 2010, and is now approaching universal coverage (Dorius, ; Pritchett, ).…”

Section: St Century Convergence?mentioning

confidence: 99%

From International to Global Development: New Geographies of 21^st Century Development

Horner¹,

Hulme²

2017

Development and Change

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Recent claims of 21st century global convergence and the 'rise of the South' suggest a profound and ongoing redrawing of the global map of development and inequality. This article synthesizes shifting geographies of development across economic, social and environmental dimensions, and considers their implications for the 'where' of development. Some convergence in aggregate development indicators for the global North and South during this century challenge, now more than ever, the North-South binary underlying international development. Yet convergence claims do not adequately capture change in a world where development inequalities are profound. Betweencountry inequalities remain vast, while within-country inequalities are growing in many cases. Particular attention is given here to exploring the implications of such shifting geographies, and what those mean for the spatial nomenclature and reference of development. This article concludes by arguing for the need, now more than ever, to go beyond international development considered as rich North/poor South, and to move towards a more holistic global development -where the global South remains a key, although not exclusive, focus.

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Section: St Century Convergence?mentioning

confidence: 99%

From International to Global Development: New Geographies of 21^st Century Development

Horner¹,

Hulme²

2017

Development and Change

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“…10 We observe that all the components of the HDI have seen a process of convergence during the last three decades. Educational outcomes present the highest decrease in cross-country disparities owing to the advances of Asian countries (Morrison and Murtin, 2012) and the promotion of primary education by Millennium Development Goals (Jordá and Sarabia, 2014). The decrease in inequalities in health is remarkably lower, owing to the divergence observed during the 1990s.…”

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Evolution of global inequality in human well-being: a sensitivity analysis

Jordá

Trueba

Sarabia

2015

IJCEE

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Abstract:In this paper, we study global inequality in well-being taking as a theoretical benchmark the Human Development Index (HDI), which comprises variables of income, health and education. We use a two-step methodology that involves the construction of a composite index in the first step on which inequality measures are computed. The use of these measures requires making choices on the standardisation of the variables and their weights, the rate of substitution between dimensions and the degree of inequality aversion in the society. We investigate the impact of these choices on the evolution of unweighted inequality over the period 1980-2011. We find the robust result that global inequality in human well-being decreased over the last 30 years.Keywords: HDI; Human Development Index; well-being; multidimensional inequality; generalised entropy.Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Jordá, V., Trueba, C. and Sarabia, J.M. (2015)

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“…In economic growth models (Lucas 1988;Rebelo 1992;Barro 1996;Barro, Lee 2011;Benhabib, Spiegel 1994;Krueger, Lindahl 2001;Meschi, Scervini 2014;Morrisson, Murtin 2013) human capital is measured as educational attainment. This proxy could be based due to the differences in the educational system in countries and due to the quality of the educational system.…”

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The Role of Human Capital for National Innovation Capability in Eu Countries

Aleknavičiūtė

Skvarciany

Survilaitė

2016

Economics and Culture

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Abstract. Innovation is essential for economic growth in developed countries. One of the most important sources of innovation is human capital. In this article, state of human capital in EU countries is investigated in order to show the relationship between human capital and national innovation performance. In the first part, theoretical assumptions of human capital importance for innovation processes are analysed. Secondly, measures of human capital are analysed and a measurement model is presented. This model is applied for investigation of state of human capital in 26 EU countries during 2002-2012. Results showed that quality of human capital is the most important factor for innovation performance. Quality indicators have even higher correlation with innovation in countries with low share of innovative enterprises (enterprises with high-level of new technology acceptance and usage). The aim of research is to analyse the theoretical importance of human capital investment for national innovation capability in EU countries, and to determine human capital aspects that foster innovation performance. Therefore, objectives are as follows: to analyse theoretical assumptions of human capital importance for innovation processes and to present the current state of research; to analyse available human capital measures and create a human capital measurement model; and to analyse state of human capital in EU countries as well as its relationship with national innovation capability.

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The Kuznets curve of human capital inequality: 1870–2010

Cited by 99 publications

References 24 publications

From International to Global Development: New Geographies of 21^st Century Development

From International to Global Development: New Geographies of 21^st Century Development

Evolution of global inequality in human well-being: a sensitivity analysis

The Role of Human Capital for National Innovation Capability in Eu Countries

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Evolution of global inequality in human well-being: a sensitivity analysis

The Role of Human Capital for National Innovation Capability in Eu Countries

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