Abstract Besides the human capital, elements that make Latin American cities competitive include, for instance, their culture or financial maturity. However, the most important challenge for Latin American cities to succeed is how to manage all these variables. The purpose of this study is to identify the contribution of human capital and its relationships and impacts on the performance of Latin American cities. This quantitative, non-experimental, explanatory, correlational, and cross-sectional study observes factors that increase city competitiveness and develop their relationships. The study is based on the Economist Intelligence Unit database of 2012, in which 120 cities were evaluated, particularly contrasting Latin American cities with the top cities in the world and their characteristics. Urban competitiveness in Latin American cities can be predicted partially on the presence of Human Capital. In some instances, we found positive relationships between human capital and the characteristics considered in a city’s performance.

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拉丁美洲城市的绩效和竞争力：人力资本案例

摘要除了人力资本外，使拉丁美洲城市具有竞争力的要素还包括其文化或金融成熟度。但是，拉丁美洲城市成功的最重要挑战是如何管理所有这些变量。本研究的目的是确定人力资本的贡献及其与拉丁美洲城市绩效的关系和影响。这项定量的，非实验性的，解释性的，相关性和横断面研究观察了增加城市竞争力并发展其关系的因素。该研究基于2012年《经济学人》智库的数据库，该数据库对120个城市进行了评估，特别是将拉丁美洲的城市与世界排名前列的城市及其特征进行了对比。拉丁美洲城市的城市竞争力可以部分通过人力资本的存在来预测。在某些情况下，我们发现人力资本与城市绩效中考虑的特征之间存在正相关关系。