Research Seminar: Deconstructing Human Capital to Construct Nestedness

The Growth Lab Research Seminar series is a weekly seminar that brings together researchers from across the academic spectrum who share an interest in growth and development.

Speaker: Hyejin Youn is an associate professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), and an external faculty at Santa Fe Institute and serves as Associate Editor at PLOS One and Management Science.

In this talk, Hyejin Youn will explore the geographic and demographic disparities in wealth based on the distribution of skills acquired in school and in the workplace. Analyzing individuals’ career changes and demographic age of occupations reveals that “nested skills” are needed more as one moves up the career ladder. Historical changes in occupation skill requirements show that these branches have become more fragmented over the decade, suggesting the increasing labor gap.

Register: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yrXaEgr3TqyjZKU1EecoUA

Whether attending in-person or virtually, please register in advance. Room attendance is limited to the Harvard community. Seating availability is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The Zoom webinar is open to the public