The Human Capital Theory and its Impact on Education. An analysis from the Mexican perspective

Abstract

This work is a reflective proposal on the Human Capital Theory and its relationship with education. This topic is also addressed from different perspectives, especially the economic one, and later the sociological one. The evolution of this theoretical perspective is briefly exposed to coincide with its interference with education. Some considerations of the case of Mexico were considered. The objective was to analyze how Human Capital Theory is invariably related to education and academic training. It is concluded that the person's economic growth depends not only on the knowledge received but on other elements outside the individual. As well as that the conception that there is a directly proportional relationship between education and economic growth has changed over time, and that more effective educational training does not guarantee success.

Keywords

• human capital
• economic and social development
• quality of life
• education and development
• mexico