Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People - Hardcover

Pea, Pablo A.

 
9780226841441: Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Economic Science of People
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ISBN 10: 0226841448 ISBN 13: 9780226841441
Verlag: University of Chicago Press, 2025

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An accessible introduction to the most consequential science of modern life.

University of Chicago economist Gary Becker won the Nobel Prize largely for his advancement of human capital theory—the idea that investing in a person’s knowledge and skills has a wide range of economic effects. Becker’s writing on the subject was technical, but his teaching, especially in his famous doctoral course at Chicago, remains legendary for its accessibility, brilliance, and applications to everyday life.

In Human Capital for Humans, economist and former Becker student Pablo A. Peña channels this classroom approach to produce an accessible, essential guide to understanding the science that has become synonymous with modern life and the economy. With an illustrative and immersive style, Peña unpacks the human capital approach to domains such as parenting, aging, marriage, health, and household labor. The result is not only intellectually elevated, but an essential introduction for learners and teachers of this subject across business, management, economics, policy, and beyond.
 

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Pablo A. Peña is assistant instructional professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He has worked as consultant for business and non-profit organizations and is a former chief economist of Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission.
 

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Verlag
University of Chicago Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2025
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0226841448
ISBN 13 
9780226841441
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288
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