Reducing vulnerability in critical life course phases by enhancing human capital

S KC, Wolfgang Lutz, Elke Loichinger, R Muttarak, Erich Striessnig

Publikation: Beitrag in Buch/KonferenzbandBeitrag in Sammelwerk

Abstract

The paper examines vulnerability over the life course with a specific focus on differentials not only by age and gender - as is conventional in demography - but also by level of education and with a focus on health. The paper builds on a significant body of scientific literature which shows that changes in mental functioning, cognitive capacity and behavior that typically result from education all lead to reduced vulnerability to virtually all threats to human well-being at all stages of life. Reducing vulnerability through educational attainment should therefore be a key strategy for operationalizing international policies aimed at not only empowering people, but also providing manifold positive consequences of education at individual and social levels.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Titel des SammelwerksSafeguarding Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities, Building Resilience, Reducing Vulnerabilities, Building Resilience
Herausgeber*innen UNDP Human Development Report Office
ErscheinungsortNew York
VerlagUNDP Human Development Report Office
Seiten151 - 194
ISBN (Print)978-92-1-126384-8
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Feb. 2014

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