scholarly journals Human Capital Accumulation, Education and Earnings Inequality

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uwe Sunde
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Earnings Inequality ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation

scholarly journals Nonstandard Employment and Indigenous Earnings Inequality in Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 002218562110211
Author(s):  
Danielle Lamb ◽  
Anil Verma
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Markets ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Earnings Inequality ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Internal Labor Markets ◽  
Nonstandard Employment ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Nonstandard Work ◽  
Limited Efficacy

The study investigates the extent to which the type of employment, specifically nonstandard work, may contribute to a better understanding of Indigenous earnings disparities. We find that Indigenous workers are overrepresented in nonstandard jobs and that such forms of work are associated with sizable earnings penalties. Although Indigenous earnings disparities are smaller in nonstandard work than in standard employment, the relatively low earnings of many nonstandard jobs are an important factor contributing to the overall economic inequalities experienced by many Indigenous Canadians. Policy responses aimed at improved human capital accumulation are likely to have limited efficacy unless additional barriers that prevent many Indigenous workers from accessing better quality employment and internal labor markets are identified and removed.

Human Capital Accumulation and Resource Abundance

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-77
Author(s):  
O. Vasilieva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Resource Abundance ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Crowd Out

Does resource abundance positively affect human capital accumulation? Or, alternatively, does it «crowd out» the human capital leading to the deterioration of economic growth? The paper gives an overview of the relevant literature and discusses both theoretical and empirical results obtained regarding the connection between human capital accumulation and resource abundance. It shows that despite some theoretical predictions about the harmful effect of resource abundance on human capital accumulation, unambiguous evidence of such impact that would be robust with respect to the change of resource abundance parameter has not been obtained yet.

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