About event:

Dear friends, we invite you to attend the academic seminar “From Learning to Knowing: A Psychological-Neurological Approach to Explain Human Capital Formation”
By drawing on psychological and neurological theories of learning, the study introduces a new conceptual framework to analyze the role learning plays in knowledge and skill acquisition. Learning is modelled through four mechanisms defined as individuals; participation in formal, non-formal, and informal learning, as well as learning-by-doing.
 The analysis suggests heterogeneity in how various learning mechanisms affect individuals; overall stock of knowledge and skills. Additionally, the proposed analytical framework points to the existence of an optimal sequence in which different learning forms should be pursued to maximize overall stocks of human capital. These propositions are tested with the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey data utilizing a variety of statistical techniques.

Speaker

Larysa Tamilina - Associate Professor, lecturer of economics at KSE 

Speaking language

English