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Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria


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Haliru, Idris Yakubu and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Ahmad, Nobaya (2019) Relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing: a case study in Business Apprenticeship Training Centers (BATCs), Kaduna, Nigeria. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 27 (S1). pp. 143-155. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534

Abstract

The paper examined the effect of the human capital investment on economic wellbeing in business apprenticeship training centers (BATCs) in Kaduna, Nigeria. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 267 respondents via cluster sampling from nine local government areas of the 23 local government areas in the state. The result indicates that there was a significant positive relationship between human capital investment and economic wellbeing. Hence, BATCs acts as a tool in capacity building endeavor among the youths in the state, and this is a part of state-sponsored community development process developing youth community.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Human Ecology
Institute for Social Science Studies
Publisher: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press
Notes: A special issue devoted to Towards a Safer World: Addressing the Dynamics of Human Ecological Challenges
Keywords: Community development; Economic wellbeing; Human capital investment
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 20 Aug 2019 00:47
Last Modified: 20 Aug 2019 00:47
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/70572
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