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We argue that a sensible measure of the aggregate value of human capital is the ratio of total labor income per capita to the wage of a person with zero years of schooling. The reason is that total labor income not only incorporates human capital but also physical capital: given human capital regions with higher physical capital will tend to have higher wages for all workers and, therefore, higher...