Two Approaches of Investments in Education
Two Approaches of Investments in Education

Summary/Abstract: The relationship between human capital and investments in education is a theme which preoccupies not only researchers in economy and political sciences, but also those from the fields of sociology or educational sciences. This paper aims to analyze comparatively G. Becker’s economical approaches with the sociological one R. Boudon. The first part presents the main hypotheses of the theory of human capital, developed on a larger scale in the economical analysis of human behavior. The next part is an analysis of the decision of individuals belonging to different social categories and the reasoning which lies at the basis of the decisions they take. The whole analysis and the conclusions that follow highlight the individual and social consequences of investments in human capital, and they also formulate a few suggestions for the future development of the aspects taken into consideration.

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