La formazione del capitale umano

Since the origins of economic science scientists have been defining Human Capital (HC), the human being’s contribution to production by virtue of his innate and acquired abilities. In more recent times many authors linked HC to the quantity and quality of knowledge acquired in school and training. In recent years it has emerged that HC does not depend only on knowledge but also on non-cognitive skills, individual’s traits and behaviors influencing his ability to relate to others and to reality as a whole. These non cognitive skills are malleable and can be improved in the educational path; their increase leads not only to a positive effect on school and work performance but also to a greater solidity and stability. Therefore we can conclude that non cognitive skills can be seen as the observable characteristics of the underlying inseparable personality of a human being.