providing the same diploma, we can estimate the human capital effects holding the sheepskin effects constant. We find that the … fathers have low levels of education - indicating important human capital effects for underprivileged boys. Consistent with …

Climate change severely impacts critical facets of human capital across the life cycle. This is particularly alarming … channel of causality. At the same time, human capital has a vital role in driving effective climate change mitigation and … adaptation. Here, we provide a framework for analyzing the multiple interlinkages between climate change and human capital and …

This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate … the long-term effect of the Covid-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel … be needed to offset or, at least, alleviate the impact of the pandemic on human capital. …

also find evidence of rainfall shocks decreasing households' abilities to invest in human capital, which may affect both …

recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm training to the overall stock of worker human capital. We engage with …