The Effect of Urban Aging on Human Capital

Abstract:

This paper uses the Chinese data of 1990-2012 and logarithmic mean Divisia index decomposition model to test the contribution of each factor on the human capital. This paper found the average annual growth rate of education and area are higher than age and gender; after analyzing the contributions, the contribution of education and area are still far higher than that of age and gender. Especially with the aging of population, the contribution of human capital was negative which inhibited the growth of human capital in our country. Therefore, to optimize the population structure is one of the most important measures to promote human capital and economic growth.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 651-653)
• Pages: 2430-2434
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.651-653.2430
• Online since: September 2014
• Authors: Chun Yi Zhou, Yang Liu, Ying Zi Li
• Keywords: Aging, Divisia Index, Human Capital

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