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Human capital on economic growth


Human capital consists of the knowledge, skills, and health that people invest in and accumulate throughout their lives, enabling them to realize their potential as productive members of society. Human capital accumulation is one of the key determinants of economic growth, for both developing and advanced countries. The skills provide economic value since a knowledgeable workforce can lead to increased productivity. 

The concept of human capital is the realization that not everyone has the same skill sets or knowledge. Human capital allows an economy to grow. When human capital increases in areas such as science, education, and management, it leads to increases in innovation, social well-being, equality, increased productivity, improved rates of participation, all of which contribute to economic growth.


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Role of human capital in an economy

1. Improvement in Human Capital Productivity
2. Improvement in Quality of Life 
3. Modernisation of Attitude
4. Effective use of Physical Capital
5. Improvement in the development of the nation and economic growth
6. Improvement in Technology
7. Increased Participation and Equality
8. Increases Life Expectancy
9. helps to control of population growth




 

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