"human capital" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} human capital (uncountable)
  1. (economics) The stock of competencies, knowledge, habits, social and personality attributes, including creativity, cognitive abilities, embodied in the ability to perform labor so as to produce economic value. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Economics Translations (stock of competencies): 人力資本 (Chinese Mandarin), 人力资本 (rénlì zīběn) (Chinese Mandarin), henkinen pääoma (Finnish), inhimillinen pääoma (Finnish), capital humain [masculine] (French), mannauður [masculine] (Icelandic), челове́ческий капита́л (čelovéčeskij kapitál) [masculine] (Russian), humankapital [neuter] (Swedish), людськи́й капіта́л (ljudsʹkýj kapitál) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-human_capital-en-noun-irO9yeKE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: economics, science, sciences

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