Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia

This paper outlines an extension of the Human Capital Index that addresses the specific challenges in education and health faced by countries in Europe and Central Asia. Good basic education will not be enough, as job markets today demand higher le...

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Main Authors:	Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Torre, Ivan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:	HUMAN CAPITAL TERTIARY EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX LATENT HEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/988881603808037902/Measuring-Human-Capital-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34691

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spelling	okr-10986-346912022-09-20T00:10:25Z Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Torre, Ivan HUMAN CAPITAL TERTIARY EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION EDUCATION QUALITY HEALTH HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX LATENT HEALTH This paper outlines an extension of the Human Capital Index that addresses the specific challenges in education and health faced by countries in Europe and Central Asia. Good basic education will not be enough, as job markets today demand higher levels of human capital than in the past. As the region’s population becomes older, it is important that adults remain healthy to ensure productive aging. The Europe and Central Asia Human Capital Index (ECA-HCI) extends the Human Capital Index by adding a measure of quality-adjusted years of higher education to the original education component, and it includes the prevalence of three adult health risk factors -- obesity, smoking, and heavy drinking -- as an additional proxy for latent health status. This extension of the Human Capital Index could also be useful for assessing the state of human capital in middle-income countries in general. 2020-10-29T13:58:37Z 2020-10-29T13:58:37Z 2020-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/988881603808037902/Measuring-Human-Capital-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34691 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9458 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Europe and Central Asia
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description	This paper outlines an extension of the Human Capital Index that addresses the specific challenges in education and health faced by countries in Europe and Central Asia. Good basic education will not be enough, as job markets today demand higher levels of human capital than in the past. As the region’s population becomes older, it is important that adults remain healthy to ensure productive aging. The Europe and Central Asia Human Capital Index (ECA-HCI) extends the Human Capital Index by adding a measure of quality-adjusted years of higher education to the original education component, and it includes the prevalence of three adult health risk factors -- obesity, smoking, and heavy drinking -- as an additional proxy for latent health status. This extension of the Human Capital Index could also be useful for assessing the state of human capital in middle-income countries in general.
format	Working Paper
author	Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Torre, Ivan
author_facet	Demirguc-Kunt, Asli Torre, Ivan
author_sort	Demirguc-Kunt, Asli
title	Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia
title_short	Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia
title_full	Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia
title_fullStr	Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia
title_full_unstemmed	Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia
title_sort	measuring human capital in europe and central asia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2020
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/988881603808037902/Measuring-Human-Capital-in-Europe-and-Central-Asia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34691
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Measuring Human Capital in Europe and Central Asia

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