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Investing in Human Capital : A Capital Markets Approach to Student Funding

Author:	Miguel Palacios Lleras
ISBN:	0521828406
Sales Rank:	1808023
Published:	2004-03-11
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
# Pages:	248
Binding:	Hardcover
Avg. Rating:	5.0 based on 1 reviews
Used Offers:	9 from $49.98
Amazon Price:	$57.68
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Investing in Human Capital : A Capital Markets Approach to Student Funding

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Financing Human Capital argues for the use of instruments in which students agree to pay a percentage of their income during a specified period of time in exchange for funds to finance their education. Such instruments are named 'human capital contracts' and the main difference with respect to loans is the variable value of the payments students make during the repayment period. The financial consequences of human capital contracts-risk transfer from students to investors and increased information regarding future graduates' earnings-make them an attractive alternative for funding higher education.

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05-05-04

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Immensly inspiring for the future

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Well, I am slightly biased since the author is a friend of mine, but I'll do my best to be neutral in this review.

This is a very good book that can help us (society) come up with a better way of financing higher education. We should be in a world where anybody capable should be allowed to go to university. Unfortunately, there are so many barriers, and the highest one is probably the financing one, i.e. how to pay for the education we want to receive, and how not to solely depend on the governement to pay for it. This book explains in great details, with lots of supporting data, how the creation of a new type of securities, human capital contracts, can allow us to solve this problem.

It is tremendously inspiring, and should become an essential part of any policy maker's library.

Well done Miguel!!!

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