Summary

This release looks at the changes in national and regional human capital values between 2004 and 2017. It also includes analysis showing breakdowns by age, gender and education level. Human capital is the value of individuals’ skills, knowledge, abilities, social attributes, personality and health attributes. These factors enable individuals to work, and therefore produce something of economic value. It is measured as the sum of the total potential future earnings of everyone in the labour market. Further analysis comparing the human capital stock to other indicators is also presented for the first time.

Publications

• Human capital estimates, UK: 2004 to 2017

  National, regional, occupational and length of employment human capital stock estimates for the UK, considering factors like education and demographics.

Data

• Human capital estimates: supplementary tables

  Human capital stock and per head values, equating to lifetime labour earnings, at national and regional geographies, supplementary to human capital stock publications.

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Changes to this release date

1. Previous date

   18 September 2018 9:30am

   Reason for change

   To relieve pressure on publication schedule.

2. Previous date

   17 September 2018 9:30am

   Reason for change

   Further quality assurance needed.