<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Nowadays, knowledge and technology is a key factor supporting socio-economic development. Human capital gained crucial importance for the development, and became a major factor of the success. This paper attempts to expose the nature and components of human capital. The aim of this paper is to present the specificity and components of human capital, and to discuss the methods of measurement and the dilemmas of their practical application. Nowadays, the advantage is achieved thanks to unique and difficult to copy resources. One such resource is human capital, whose identification and measurement becomes a key task for both countries and companies.</p></abstract>

Nowadays, knowledge and technology is a key factor supporting socio-economic development. Human capital gained crucial importance for the development, and became a major factor of the success. This paper attempts to expose the nature and components of human capital. The aim of this paper is to present the specificity and components of human capital, and to discuss the methods of measurement and the dilemmas of their practical application. Nowadays, the advantage is achieved thanks to unique and difficult to copy resources. One such resource is human capital, whose identification and measurement becomes a key task for both countries and companies.

The Measurement of Human Capital Methods

University of Szczecin, Faculty of Economics and Management, Institute of Finance, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin,

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia

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Nowadays, knowledge and technology is a key factor supporting socio-economic development. Human capital gained crucial importance for the development, and...

The Measurement of Human Capital Methods

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2016

Páginas: 37 - 49

Recibido: 03 may 2015

Aceptado: 22 jun 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2016-0003

Palabras clave
quotation, methods of measurement, monetary value, human capital

© 2016 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Measurement of Human Capital Methods

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2016

Páginas: 37 - 49

Recibido: 03 may 2015

Aceptado: 22 jun 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2016-0003

Palabras clavequotation, methods of measurement, monetary value, human capital

© 2016 University of Szczecin

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
quotation, methods of measurement, monetary value, human capital