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Volume 7 | Issue 11 | Year 2020 | Article Id. IJEMS-V7I11P101 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I11P101

Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Systematic Review

Hao-Jian Dui

Citation :

Hao-Jian Dui, "Human Capital and Economic Growth: A Systematic Review," International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 1-7, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V7I11P101

Abstract

Human capital has played an extremely important role in the process of promoting economic development and has been extensively and deeply studied by scholars all over the world for a long time. These studies have provided effective upgrade paths for the economic development planning of many countries, especially for developing countries. This article conducts a systematic review of the existing literature to provide a reference for future research of this kind, and to provide some basis for China and other countries to improve the level of human capital and formulate economic development policies.

Keywords

human capital; economic growth; literature review

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