<p>The approach developed by <a href="http://barrolee.com/Lee_Lee_LRdata.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Barro and Lee</a> has been used in many empirical analysis. They provide a detailed discussion of how to construct an aggregate human capital measure. </p>

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<p>How exactly do you measure human capital for a given country and what numbers are included in that measure.</p>

<p>The reason why I ask is because im interested in simulating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow%E2%80%93Swan_model#Addition_of_human_capital" rel="noreferrer">Mankiw–Romer–Weil version of the solow Model</a>.</p>

<p>Links to where I can get the data will be appreciated.</p>

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Macroeconomic Measures of Human Capital
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# Macroeconomic Measures of Human Capital

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-12-29)

How exactly do you measure human capital for a given country and what numbers are included in that measure.

The reason why I ask is because im interested in simulating the [Mankiw–Romer–Weil version of the solow Model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solow%E2%80%93Swan_model#Addition_of_human_capital).

Links to where I can get the data will be appreciated.

**Tags:** macroeconomics, data-request, solow


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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-12-30. Score: 1

The approach developed by [Barro and Lee](http://barrolee.com/Lee_Lee_LRdata.htm) has been used in many empirical analysis. They provide a detailed discussion of how to construct an aggregate human capital measure.


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