scholarly journals Human Capital Investment and Employment Growth in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
J. O. Saka
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Employment Growth ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Investment Opportunities ◽  
Lifetime Earnings

This paper mainly examines the link between human capital investment and employment growth in Nigeria for the period spanning 1980–2019 using timeseries data. The theoretical model is rooted in the simple theory of investment in human capital based on Ashton and Green (1996) relating to maximization of lifetime earnings and wealth. Diagnostic tests show that the ordinary least square (OLS) estimation technique is plausible. Results show that employment rate can positively induce government expenditure on education and health and secondary school enrollment.Creation of investment opportunities through basic infrastructural facilities – electricity, roads,etc. – is key to employment growth and human capital investment.

The Role of Human Capital Investment in Poverty Alleviation and Improvement of Indonesian Human Performance in Dignified Economic Independence

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
Nur Sholeh Hidayat ◽  
◽  
Eddy Priyanto
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Education And Health

This research studies the role of human capital investment through the mechanism of improving education and health services in efforts to alleviate poverty and increase economic independence with dignity in the form of improving the performance of Indonesia's human resources which is reflected in Indonesia's economic growth. This study uses secondary data from world banks and processed regression using the moving average autoregression method. We find that investment in education and investment in health is positively related to economic growth. And, poverty is negatively related to economic growth. This indicates that human capital investment in Indonesia is able to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty in Indonesia.

scholarly journals The Impact of Investment in Human Capital on the Exports of Goods and Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-192
Author(s):  
Samina Siddique ◽  
Zafar Mahmood ◽  
Shabana Noureen
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Impact

With the growth of services economy worldwide, it has become essential for policymakers to comprehend the export competitiveness of nations to identify offshore export locations or alternatively offer their own sites as an exporting location. Human capital investment is considered as a key component in attracting foreign countries for outsourcing purposes. Earlier studies have shown mixed role of human capital investment on off shoring activities. This study assesses the effects of control variables (business environment, wages and IT infrastructure) and human capital investment on export of goods and services from the selected Asian outsourcing countries. Panel Estimated Generalized Least Square (EGLS) technique is used with country weights to specifically overcome the problem of autocorrelation. Empirical findings show that investment in human capital is significant for both goods and services exports. We found a large impact of human capital investment on exports of goods and services in selected Asian countries as compared to selected developed countries. Empirical findings further suggest that human capital is more essential for export of goods than export of services. From these findings, the study draws important implications for policymaking in countries who intend to offer themselves as an attractive location for exporting and for those who intend to locate their production activities overseas.

Dampak Investasi Sumberdaya Manusia Terhadap Pertumbuhan Ekonomi dan Kemiskinan di Provinsi Papua Barat: Pendekatan Model Computable General Equilibrium

Agrotek ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Supri Hadi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Rural Area ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Severity Index

The research objectives are to analyze impact of human capital investment on economic growth and poverty incidence in West Papua. Analysis is using a combination of Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model and Foster�Greer-Thorbecke Method. The human capital investment is represented by government expenditure for education and health. The simulation results show that human capital investment is able to increase economic growth and household income. Head count index, poverty gap index and poverty severity index also decrease except for non-labor household group in the urban area. Human capital investment for education gives more benefit to household in rural area than those in urban area, especially for farm-laborer and agriculture entrepreneur household groups in the rural area, while investment for health gives more benefit to non-agricultural high income household group in urban area.

Human Capital Investment as a Catalyst for Sustainable Economic Development in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 13-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amadi Kelvin Chijioke ◽  
Alolote Ibim Amadi
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Nation Building ◽  
Human Capital Development ◽  
Real Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Capital Development ◽  
Budgetary Allocation

Human capital development presupposes investments, activities, and processes facilitating the generation of technical and expert knowledge; skills, health or values that are embodied in people. It implies maintaining an appropriate balance and key massive human resource base and providing an encouraging environment for all individuals to be fully engaged and contribute to organizational or national goals. Human capital development is necessary in order for National development to occur. In addition, human capital development teaches people how to utilize the advantages of diverse thinking styles (analytical and intuitive) so that they achieve the best holistic practical solutions. Human capital development and training are basically the same. This paper aims to examine the meaning of human capital development in relation to nation-building. The authors also took a cursory look at the concept of business education and its roles for sustainable development for nation-building. The study examined human capital investment as a catalyst for sustainable economic environment in Nigeria. The broad objective of the study is to analyze the effect of human capital investment on the Nigerian economy from 1986 to2017. The data used for the study were sourced from the central bank statistical bulletin and national bureau of Statistics. Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) techniques were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study reveal that there is a positive relationship between government expenditure on health and real gross domestic product. The adjusted coefficient of determination (R2) shows that 97.3% of variations in the real gross domestic product is being accounted for by government expenditure on education, government expenditure on health and gross capital formation while the remaining 2.7% is accounted for by variables not included in the model. The study suggests that Nigerian policymakers should pay more attention to the health sector and increase its yearly budgetary allocation to it. Nevertheless, the key to achieving best results lies not in ordinarily increasing particular budgetary allocation but rather in implementing a public expenditure and revenue and ensuring the usage of the allocated fund as transparently as possible.

The Role of Human Capital Investment on Human Resources Performance in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-131
Author(s):  
Sri Rahayu ◽  
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Cahya Budhi Irawan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Moving Average ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Impact

This study examines the role of human capital investment in the form of improving education and health services in Indonesia in order to improve the performance of Indonesia's human resources so that it can increase the income of Indonesians which is reflected in the encouragement of economic growth. This study uses secondary data from world banks and processed regression using the moving average autoregression method. We find that education and health investment are positively related to economic growth. This indicates that human capital investment in Indonesia is able to improve the performance of Indonesia's human resources so that it has the impact of encouraging Indonesia's economic growth.

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