The World Bank Human Capital Index

• Tác giả: Aart Kraay
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 296.32 Humankind
• Thông tin xuất bản: Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 315223
• Chủ đề: 1. DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTING; 2. EDUCATION; 3. HEALTH; 4. HUMAN CAPITAL; 5. HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX

Tóm tắt

This paper provides a guide to the new World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI), situating its methodology in the context of the development accounting literature. The HCI combines indicators of health and education into a measure of the human capital that a child born today can expect to achieve by her 18th birthday, given the risks of poor education and health that prevail in the country where she lives. The HCI is measured in units of productivity relative to a benchmark of complete education and full health, and ranges from 0 to 1. A value of x on the HCI indicates that a child born today can expect to be only x×100 percent as productive as a future worker as she would be if she enjoyed complete education and full health.