scholarly journals Kuznets meets Lucas: structural change and human capital

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 848-873
Author(s):  
Edgar Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Structural Change ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Relative Prices ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Us Economy ◽  
The Us ◽  
Balanced Growth Path ◽  
Cross Country

Abstract This paper develops a multi-sector growth model with human capital accumulation. In this model, human capital induces structural change through two channels: changes in relative prices and changes in the investment rate of physical and human capital. We show that the specifications of the model give rise to a generalized balanced growth path (GBGP). Furthermore, We show that the model is consistent with (i) the decline in agriculture, (ii) the hump-shaped of manufacturing, (iii) the rise of the services sector, and (iv) the path of human capital accumulation in the US economy during the 20th century. Given the findings, We outline that imbalances between physical and human capital contribute to explain cross-country differences in the pace of structural change.

Effectiveness versus Efficiency: Growth-Accelerating Policies in a Model of Growth without Scale Effects

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bettina Büttner
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Growth Path ◽  
Balanced Growth ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Theoretical Finding ◽  
Balanced Growth Path

Abstract Recent R&D growth models without strong scale effects imply that long-run growth rates depend only on parameters that are usually taken to be exogenous. However, integrating human capital accumulation into models of this type, Arnold (2002) demonstrates that subsidizing education accelerates growth. The present paper addresses welfare issues in Arnold’s model. The main theoretical finding of the paper is that a system of subsidies that implements the optimal balanced growth path as a decentralized equilibrium includes zero subsidies to education, while R&D activity should be either subsidized or taxed. To shed further light on the latter result, the model is calibrated and it turns out that along the balanced growth path, the decentralized economy underinvests in R&D, i.e. R&D activities should be subsidized.

A NOTE ON CREDIT MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 1525-1541 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wai-Hong Ho
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Overlapping Generations ◽  
Credit Market ◽  
Market Development ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Selection Equilibrium ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Cost

This paper explores the interplay between credit market development and human capital accumulation in a two-period overlapping-generations economy with asymmetric information under the assumption that young lenders channel credits to young borrowers and acquire education. We find that, at the self-selection equilibrium, lenders will allocate more time to acquire education if the cost of screening borrowers falls. Furthermore, a longer duration of lenders' schooling time suppresses borrowers' incentive to cheat thereby enabling lenders to screen less frequently. Our preliminary cross-country empirical analysis appears to support these findings.

Human Capital Accumulation and Resource Abundance

2011 ◽  
pp. 66-77
Author(s):  
O. Vasilieva
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Harmful Effect ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
Resource Abundance ◽  
Empirical Results ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Crowd Out

Does resource abundance positively affect human capital accumulation? Or, alternatively, does it «crowd out» the human capital leading to the deterioration of economic growth? The paper gives an overview of the relevant literature and discusses both theoretical and empirical results obtained regarding the connection between human capital accumulation and resource abundance. It shows that despite some theoretical predictions about the harmful effect of resource abundance on human capital accumulation, unambiguous evidence of such impact that would be robust with respect to the change of resource abundance parameter has not been obtained yet.

scholarly journals Multiple equilibria, fiscal policy, and human capital accumulation

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 841-856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaime Alonso-Carrera ◽  
Marı́a Jesús Freire-Serén
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Fiscal Policy ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Multiple Equilibria ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation
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