Supply-Side Economic Strategies from a Comparative Perspective (I): Public Investment and the Formation of Human Capital

1998 ◽  
pp. 51-81
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Comparative Perspective ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Economic Strategies

scholarly journals Permanent Housing for Seasonal Workers? A Generalized Peak Load Investment Model for Farm Worker Housing

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Elvis Qenani-Petrela ◽  
Ron Mittelhammer ◽  
Philip Wandschneider
Keyword(s):  
Public Investment ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Investment Model ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Farm Worker ◽  
Load Model ◽  
Seasonal Workers ◽  
Permanent Housing ◽  
Worker Housing

Many seasonal workers are housed in transitory accommodations, including tents and vehicles. In this study, we analyze the supply side of this problem by assuming that a public agent must house the workers through direct public investment. A peak load model is adapted to develop investment rules for the least-cost provision of seasonal worker housing, adding an interacting multi-season component to existing models. Based on this model and the data from three prototype projects, the majority of the least-cost investment would be in permanent, but seasonally occupied, housing.

Public Financing of Human Development in India: A Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-81
Author(s):  
Sacchidananda Mukherjee ◽  
Shivani Badola
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Public Financing ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Economic Opportunities ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Public Transfers ◽  
Distribution Of Resources

Role of public financing of human development (HD) is inevitable, especially for developing countries like India where access to resources and economic opportunities are not equitably distributed among people. Governments aim to achieve equity in distribution of resources through allocative and redistributive policies whereas macroeconomic stabilisation policies aim to achieve higher economic growth and stability in the price level. Expenditure policies of the governments envisage in delivering larger public goods and services to enable people to take part in economic activities by investing in human capital and infrastructure developments. Progressivity of the tax system helps in achieving equity by redistribution of resources among people. Being merit goods, expenditures on education, health, and poverty eradication make it a case for public investment which empowers people to improve human capital. The benefit of universal economic participation is expected to contribute in larger mobilisation of public resources over time. Lack of economic opportunities and earning a respectable income may increase dependence on public transfers which may reduce fiscal space of the governments to finance programmes to promote overall economic growth. The objective of this article is to review existing studies on public financing of HD in India and highlight emerging challenges.

Italy and a Needed Public Investment Boost: The Demand and the Supply Side

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo ◽  
Giovanni Tria
Keyword(s):  
Public Investment ◽  
Supply Side

scholarly journals Factor Proportions and Relative Wages: The Supply-Side Determinants of Wage Inequality

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert H Topel
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
High Wage ◽  
Relative Wages ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Supply Side Factors

Supply-side factors may contribute to rising wage inequality. First, certain changes in the supply of skills allegedly exacerbate wage inequality. Women's increased labor force participation and increased immigration are the leading candidates; both allegedly reduce the wages of less-skilled men. However, immigration's impact on wage inequality has been minor and the effects of women's participation is inconclusive. Second, in evaluating the likelihood that human capital investment will mitigate future inequality, evidence suggests that rising returns to education have increased the proportion of young people attending college, limiting the growth of inequality among high-wage workers.

scholarly journals Permanent Housing for Seasonal Workers? A Generalized Peak Load Investment Model for Farm Worker Housing

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (01) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Elvis Qenani-Petrela ◽  
Ron Mittelhammer ◽  
Philip Wandschneider
Keyword(s):  
Public Investment ◽  
Peak Load ◽  
Investment Model ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Farm Worker ◽  
Load Model ◽  
Seasonal Workers ◽  
Permanent Housing ◽  
Worker Housing

Many seasonal workers are housed in transitory accommodations, including tents and vehicles. In this study, we analyze the supply side of this problem by assuming that a public agent must house the workers through direct public investment. A peak load model is adapted to develop investment rules for the least-cost provision of seasonal worker housing, adding an interacting multi-season component to existing models. Based on this model and the data from three prototype projects, the majority of the least-cost investment would be in permanent, but seasonally occupied, housing.

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