Investment in human capital and the return on education in Algeria

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International Journal of Development Research

Investment in human capital and the return on education in Algeria

Abstract: 

Education is considered as the capacity it owns a producer and developer of Human. It is then a producer of Human capital as investment goods and a tool of social policy. Moreover education is an investment operation which has a return that can be measured. Therefore, various studies were made about Education Return in most countries of the world because of its great importance in the operation of educational planning and directing investment of Human capital. In the past this subject was not given any importance in ALGERIA by researchers. Therefore this study comes as a trial to measure Education Return in Algeria, this paper is based on a fundamental trial of applying a model presented by Jacob Mincer in the year 1958, a modest trial by us to measure, Educational Return investment in Algeria by Using the statistical program Eviews 5.1. Considering Education an investment in Human capital has Return that can be measured, its then of great importance to know how far is the benefits of investment in Education in Algeria. ?

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