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Human Capital

Human Capital is an academic concept in economic and organizational theory that refers to the aggregate of knowledge, skills, competencies, and attributes embodied in individuals that contribute to productive capacity and economic value creation within firms and economies.

4.8K

Publications

498.6K

Citations

8.5K

Authors

2.8K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

1.4K

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Human Capital Metrics

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4.8K

Endogenous Technological Change

Paul Romer · Journal of Political Economy · 1990 · 16K citations

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A Contribution to the Empirics of Economic Growth

N. Gregory Mankiw, Daniel Römer, David Weil · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1992 · 15.1K citations

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Social Capital, Intellectual Capital, and the Organizational Advantage

Janine Nahapiet, Sumantra Ghoshal · Academy of Management Review · 1998 · 13.8K citations

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Investment in Human Capital: A Theoretical Analysis

Gary S. Becker · Journal of Political Economy · 1962 · 7.9K citations

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Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept

Paul S. Adler, Seok‐Woo Kwon · Academy of Management Review · 2002 · 7.9K citations

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Authors

8.5K

  1. NB
    Nick Bontis

    McMaster University, Canada

    21 publications · 6.2K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. FL
    Fred Luthans

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    15 publications · 10.8K citations

    15

    h-index

  3. JX
    Jian Xu

    Qingdao Agricultural University, China

    13 publications · 1.3K citations

    13

    h-index

  4. GS
    Gary S. Becker

    University of Chicago, United States

    12 publications · 17.9K citations

    12

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  5. AA
    Aurora A.C. Teixeira

    Universidade do Porto, Portugal

    14 publications · 987 citations

    12

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Institutions

2.8K

  1. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    90 publications

    13.3K citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    28 h-index

    49 publications

    11.6K citations

  3. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    28 h-index

    42 publications

    10.5K citations

  4. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    47 publications

    4.5K citations

  5. McMaster University

    Hamilton, Canada

    23 h-index

    31 publications

    10K citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    22 h-index

    36 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    22 h-index

    31 publications

    14.3K citations

  8. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    21 h-index

    43 publications

    3.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Intellectual Capital

    115 publications · 17.7K citations

    63

    h-index

  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 174 publications · 7.3K citations

    39

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  3. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 121 publications · 5.4K citations

    37

    h-index

  4. Journal of Political Economy

    JPE · 43 publications · 38.3K citations

    33

    h-index

  5. American Economic Review

    35 publications · 11.9K citations

    31

    h-index

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