The role of human capital has so far not been well documented at the macroeconomic level. Many empirical studies lack a consistent theoretical foundation and there are measurement problems due to a very narrow concept of human capital focusing on formal education. Future empirical research...

Openness appears to have a strong impact on economic growth especially in DCs, which typically exhibit a high share of physical capital in factor income and a low share of labor. In the neoclassical growth model with partial capital mobility, physical capital?s share in factor income determines...

We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...

Vom 27. bis 29. Mai 2005 veranstaltete die Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing eine Konferenz zu dem Thema "Outsourcing". Ergänzend zu den drei Beiträgen im Schnelldienst Nr. 13/2005, ist hier der Vortrag von Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, dokumentiert....