Creativity, education or what? On the measurement of regional human capital*. (24th November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bode, Eckhardt; Perez Villar, Lucia
• Is Part Of: Papers in regional science. Volume 96(2016)Supplement 1
• Page Start: S51
• Page End: S67
• Publication Date: 2015-11-24
• Subjects: Human capital -- education -- creativity -- cognitive skills -- non‐cognitive skills; Regional planning -- Periodicals; City planning -- Periodicals; Urbanization -- Periodicals; Economic geography -- Periodicals; 307.12
• DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12180
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1056-8190

Abstract

Abstract: This paper substantiates the debate following Richard Florida's suggestion to measure regional human capital by creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida's notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that relates creativity to workers' cognitive and non‐cognitive skills. It shows that this microfoundation is similar to that of human capital in recent labour economics, which has facilitated important new insights. While the regional measures of creative occupations developed by Florida or others are too crude to make a difference, occupations may help project workers' cognitive and non‐cognitive skills from the micro to the regional level.