1) What is "human capital" and why is it considered an investment? 2) What is "human capital"? How is it important in the determination of a worker's wage rate? 3) How is human capital acquired? 4) How does the demand for high-skilled workers compare to the demand for low-skilled workers? Why does this difference exist? 5) How does an increase in the cost to acquire a skill affect the vertical distance between the supply curves of high-skilled and low-skilled workers?

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