Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of the components of human capital on the extent of poverty and income distribution in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – Data for all variables are from the World Development Report, 2006 and 2007. The least-squares estimation...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of the components of human capital on the extent of poverty and income distribution in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – Data for all variables are from the World Development Report , 2006 and 2007. The least‐squares...