PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

Volume: 6 Number: 2 July 1, 2005
  • Meriç Subaşı Ertekin
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PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES

Abstract

Human capital is important for firms and nations in the knowledge based economy that needs skills. Thus, investment in education is a public policy to support human capital formation and offset the magnitude of capital looses. Policies and reforms designed to foster early learning which are determined as a high quality of education, early intervention and job training programs and promote skill formation. The public sector plays an important role in the funding of all education in major industrialized countries. Public spending on primary, secondary, post-secondary and tertiary educational institutions is higher than private spending.

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APA
Ertekin, M. S. (2005). PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, 6(2), 220-236. https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG
AMA
1.Ertekin MS. PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2005;6(2):220-236. https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG
Chicago
Ertekin, Meriç Subaşı. 2005. “PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 6 (2): 220-36. https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG.
EndNote
Ertekin MS (July 1, 2005) PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 6 2 220–236.
IEEE
[1]M. S. Ertekin, “PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES”, Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 220–236, July 2005, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG
ISNAD
Ertekin, Meriç Subaşı. “PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi 6/2 (July 1, 2005): 220-236. https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG.
JAMA
1.Ertekin MS. PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi. 2005;6:220–236.
MLA
Ertekin, Meriç Subaşı. “PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES”. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, July 2005, pp. 220-36, https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG.
Vancouver
1.Meriç Subaşı Ertekin. PUBLIC SPENDING ON HUMAN CAPITAL IN MAJOR INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. Doğuş Üniversitesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2005 Jul. 1;6(2):220-36. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA84BS63DG