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Human Capital Externalities

Human Capital Externalities is an externality in which the aggregate level of human capital in a geographic area enhances individual or firm productivity beyond the direct effects of an individual’s own human capital, thereby representing a spillover benefit arising from the concentration of skilled human resources in urban or regional economies.

169

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17.7K

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274

Authors

212

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2017–2026

37

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Publications

169

The role of human capital in economic development evidence from aggregate cross-country data

Jess Benhabib, Mark M. Spiegel · Journal of Monetary Economics · 1994 · 3.8K citations

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Growth and human capital: good data, good results

Daniel Cohen, Marcelo Soto · Journal of Economic Growth · 2007 · 1.3K citations

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Human Capital and Regional Development *

Nicola Gennaioli, Florencio López‐de‐Silanes, Andrei Shleifer · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2012 · 1K citations · Full text

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How Large Are Human-Capital Externalities? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

Daron Acemoğlu, Joshua D. Angrist · NBER Macroeconomics Annual · 2000 · 746 citations · Full text

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A Microfoundation for Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation

Daron Acemoğlu · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1996 · 606 citations

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Authors

274

  1. GP
    Giovanni Peri

    University of California, Davis, United States

    5 publications · 493 citations

    5

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  2. AC
    Antonio Ciccone

    Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain

    5 publications · 493 citations

    5

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  3. DA
    Daron Acemoğlu

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    4 publications · 1.9K citations

    4

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  4. JD
    Joshua D. Angrist

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    3 publications · 1.3K citations

    3

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  5. MS
    Marcelo Soto

    Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques, France

    2 publications · 1.4K citations

    2

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Institutions

212

  1. Centre for Economic Policy Research

    London, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    9 publications

    595 citations

  2. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    235 citations

  3. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    321 citations

  4. Federal Reserve Board of Governors

    Washington D.C., United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    381 citations

  5. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    491 citations

  6. Universitat Pompeu Fabra

    Barcelona, Spain

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    476 citations

  7. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

    Toronto, Canada

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. College of the Albemarle

    Elizabeth City, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    2.6K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 10 publications · 304 citations

    10

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 9 publications · 660 citations

    9

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  3. European Economic Review

    4 publications · 449 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Economic Geography

    4 publications · 207 citations

    4

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  5. Regional Science and Urban Economics

    4 publications · 150 citations

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