[PEN-L] Korea: Leading the way in human capital?

2005-01-10 Thread michael perelman
Tom Walker may want to pick up on this. Fifield, Anna. 2005. "S Korean Businesses Learn That Less Work Can Still Pay: Threat of Cheap Labour From China Has Seen Some Companies Adopt a More Enlightened Approach to Their Staff." Financial Times (7 January): p. A 16. "On his days off, Shin Hyun-chul g

Re: [PEN-L] Korea leading the way in human capital

2005-01-11 Thread g kohler
South Korea as a society appears to have taken human capital seriously for some time. It paid top wages for its eductors in 1995, see Table below, which is from my book on Global Wage System (NY: Nova Science, 2004) (ILO's LABORSTA database did not show US wages for educators). GK -