Human Capital Hub Data

 

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*Annual dataset on average years of education by level of education in Sweden.

- Source: Ljungberg, Jonas and Anders Nilsson, 'Human Capital and Economic Growth: Sweden 1870-2000,' Cliometrica, 2009. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data and description

*Annual dataset of average years of schooling for Japan and the United States, 1890-1990

- Source: Godo, Yoshihisa, 'Estimation of Average Years of Schooling by Levels of Education for Japan and the United States, 1890-1990,’ FASID Development Database (Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, Japan), No. 2000-1. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data and description

*Annual estimates of educational attainment per level of education in the working age population in Spain between 1910 and 1963. 

- Source: Alonso, Javier, and Simon Sosvilla-Rivero, 'Human capital in Spain: An estimate of educational attainment', Documento de trabajo 2004-08, 2006. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data and description

*Annual estimates of human capital at replacement cost in India, Indonesia, and Japan 1900-2000
— Source: Bas van Leeuwen and Péter Földvári, 'Human Capital and Economic Growth in Asia 1890-2000: a time-series analysis,' Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 22 (3) 2008, pp. 225-240. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— About this datafile
— Excel spreadsheet

*Annual estimates of the human and non-human capital stock in the USA (1929-1969), Japan (1955-1996) and Korea (1954-1990) using the expenditure approach.

- Source: This dataset is based on: Pyo, Hak K. and S. Jin(2000) "A comparative Profile of Human Capital: Us, Japan and Korea" Insang Hwang and Konosuke Odaka (eds.), The Long-Term Economic Statistics of Korea 1910-1990, Institute of Economic Reseach, Hitotsubashi University. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data and description

*Average years of education in Hungary, 1920-2006                         
— Source: Péter Földvári and Bas van Leeuwen , ‘Average years of education in Hungary: annual estimates 1920-2006,’ Eastern European Economics, (2009, forthcoming). [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— About this datafile
— Excel 1997-2003 spreadsheet, 16 Kb

*Average years of education, labour force, population, and real income in the states of the USA between 1840-2000

- Source:  Turner, Tamura, Mulholland, and Baier, Education and Income of the States of the United States:1840-2000 [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data

*Barro and Lee dataset on 'average years of education', 1960-1999
— Source: Barro, R.J. and J.-W. Lee, International Data on Educational Attainment: Updates and Implications, Oxford Economic papers, 53, 3 (2001), 541-563. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— Data and description

*Cohen and Soto database on 'average years of education', 1960-2000
—Source: Cohen, Daniel and Marcelo Soto, 'Growth and Human Capital: Good Data, Good Results,' OECD Development Centre Technical Papers No. 179 , 2001. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— Data and description

* Decadal estimates of human capital at replacement cost: a panel dataset 1970-1995
— Source: Bas van Leeuwen and Péter Földvári, 'How much human capital does Eastern Europe have? Measurement methods and results,' Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 20 (2) 2008, pp. 189-201. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— About this datafile
— Excel spreadsheet

*De La Fuente and Doménech database on 'average years of education', 1960-2000 in Europe
—Source:
*Fuente, Angel de la, and Rafael Doménech, 'Human Capital in Growth Regressions: How Much Difference Does Data Quality Make?,' OECD Economics Department Working Papers, No. 262 (2000), 2-68.
* Fuente, Angel de la, and Rafael Doménech, 'Educational attainment in the OECD, 1960-1995,' January 2001. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— Data and description are in the papers

*Ginis based on educational attainment for 138 countries, 1960-1999
— Source: Péter Földvári and Bas van Leeuwen, ' Educational inequality, income inequality, and growth,' in progress. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— About this datafile
— Excel spreadsheet

*Government expenditure on education and decadal enrolment figures for a large number of countries between 1830 and 1930.
- Source, data and description: Lindert, Peter, Growing Public: Social Spending and Economic Growth since the Eighteenth Century, Cambridge University Press, 2004. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
— Data and description

*Human capital and other data for India, Indonesia, and Japan 1890-2000
- Source: Bas van Leeuwen, Human capital and Economic Growth in India, Indonesia, and Japan: A quantitative analysis, 1890-2000, PhD thesis: Utrecht University 2007. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- About this datafile: for a description and sources see "appendices"
- Excel 1997-2003 spreadsheets:

*Income based estimates of human capital in New Zealand for 1981, 1986, 1991, and 2001

- Source: Le Thi Van Trinh, John Gibson, and Les Oxley, 'A Forward-Looking Measure of the Stock of Human Capital in New Zealand', 2003. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data and description

*Long run data on GDP, physical- and human capital, and prices for France, starting in the 19th century.
- Source, data and description: Series longues macroeconomiques: Human capital measures [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
1) Stock of high school graduates in the active population, 1809-1993: data and description 
2) Human capital series: data and description

*Nehru et al. dataset on 'average years of education' and physical capital, 1960-1990
- Source:
*Nehru, Vikram, Eric Swanson, Ashutosh Dubey, 'A new database on human capital stock in developing and industrial countries: Sources, methodology, and results,' Journal of Development Economics, 46 (1995), 379-401.
* Nehru, Vikram and A. Dhareshwar, 'A New Database on Physical Capital Stock: Sources, Methodology and Results,' Revista de Analisis Economico, Vol. 8 (1993), 37-59. [Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data (WKS version) and description For more information http://go.worldbank.org/SR5689V6S0

* Annual estimates of average years of education in Spain, 1850-2000
Source and description: Prados de la Escosura and Joan R. Rosés (2009), "The Sources of Long-run Growth in Spain, 1850-2000", Journal of Economic History 69, 4 (2009). Downloaded from http://www.cgeh.nl/human-capital-hub, part of clio-infra]
- Data

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