Fulfilling potential, creating success : perspectives on human capital development / edited by Garnett Picot, Ron Saunders, Arthur Sweetman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Picot, W. G.

Sweetman, Arthur.

Saunders, Ron.

Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). School of Policy Studies.

Series:

Queen's policy studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human capital.

Physical Description:

vi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : School of Policy Studies, Queen's University : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2007]

Summary:

Fulfilling Potential, Creating Success aims to foster increased interaction between policymakers and researchers from different disciplines in their ongoing efforts to improve Canada's policies for human capital development. A project of the Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN), the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University, and Statistics Canada, it brings together the most up-to-date findings from the disciplines of education, economics, psychology, sociology, politics, and health.

The authors explore the impacts and interactions of policies regarding family, education, and public health over the life course since influences at early stages have implications for later human capital development. The volume emphasizes connections between the acquisition of human capital and both individual and societal outcomes, and the policy implications of these relationships. Personal and social benefits from the acquisition of skills and knowledge are explored; these include improved employment prospects, lower crime, improved health, greater participation in political activity, more engagement of citizens in their communities, and a more innovative economy.

Contents:

Introduction: integrating diverse perspectives on human capital development / Garnett Picot, Ron Saunders and Arthur Sweetman

The effects of deficits in health status in childhood and adolescence on human capital development in early adulthood / Cameron Mustard, Emile Tompa and Jacob Etches

Socio-economic status and human capital: recent Canadian evidence / Lori J. Curtis

The impact of education on economic and social outcomes: an overview of recent advances in economic / W. Craig Riddell

Increasing adaptive expertise: the next frontier in human capital development / Jacqueline P. Leighton

Human capital development and education / Robert Crocker

Human capital development and the frontiers of research in the sociology of education / Stephen L. Morgan and Mark W. McKerrow

Human capital, civic engagement and political participation: turning skills and knowledge into engagement and action / Brenda O'Neill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781553391289

1553391284

9781553391272

1553391276

OCLC:

76939635